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“The weird thing with algorithms is that we’re all under that pressure, whether we want to be or not. Even if we don’t want anything to do with it, the algorithm is going to swoop in and pick your most ‘normal’ song and make you identified with that, instead of your most peculiarly ‘you’ track.”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
cjr.org • The Substackerati
“No, he’s, like, I don’t know what. A computer programmer. Might be on the spectrum. Does yoga, though. Huge cock.” “So fun,”
Melissa Broder • The Pisces
The tendency to label Minaj “too slutty” or sexually explicit is a symptom of a much larger anxiety: how to process a woman, and a black woman in particular, who has taken control of her body, her formidable talents, and the way they are marketed, monetized, and received.
Anne Helen Petersen • Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
While there are notable differences in the complexity, nuance, allusion, artistic innovation and experimentation found in mass, mid, and high culture, the argument that one is intrinsically more valuable than the others is, of course, fundamentally elitist. It’s no accident that this sort of cultural work—by Macdonald and others—is often the pet
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breaks as well with the commodification of pornography,
Henry Jenkins • Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import. It’s also a personal matter, because when we reclaim the stories that surround female celebrities, stories surrounding ordinary women are reclaimed, too.