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Li Jin • Li Jin on The Passion Economy & Its Hidden Currency
democratization of the types of men and women we see in aspirational positions.
Katherine Ormerod • Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
When whiteness and wealth are posed as the norm, a kind of force field of aesthetics and ideology keeps out anyone…
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Cultural, social, and environmental capital rises and falls in value daily. As our values rearrange themselves, so does the business of aspiration.
Ana Andjelic • The Business of Aspiration: How Social, Cultural, and Environmental Capital Changes Brands
Brookings Institute
Sarah Kessler • Gigged: The Gig Economy, the End of the Job and the Future of Work
Girls perform emotional and physical labors that mirror what sociologists have termed “aesthetic labor,” common in the service industries. Flight attendants, retail workers, waiters—pretty much anyone in service has to “look good and sound right” according to their company’s brand identity.
Ashley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
Scott Kominers • A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy
Cherie Hu • How much are artists really making on Twitch? - Water & Music
Most clubs make the bulk of their profits from smaller and more reliable table bills, the $1,500 to $3,000 sums spent by groups of affluent tourists and businessmen—your run-of-the-mill banker, tech developer, or other upper-class professional with a disposable income. While on the lower end of importance compared to whales and celebrities, they ar
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