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Growing up, I didn’t chafe at the shallow, exploitative representations of my gender I saw on-screen; I took notes.
Lindy West • The Witches Are Coming
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.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jia Tolentino on the Internet’s Endless Stage | Crooked Media
crooked.comthe authority to sanction taste, then, does not rest exclusively on issues of class but also encompasses issues of gender,
Henry Jenkins • Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture
Many streaming television shows are ambient, too, deemphasizing narrative in favor of compelling atmosphere, tacitly leaving room for the viewer to look at their phone while watching without missing too much.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
George Packer in 2014, in a New Yorker piece detailing Amazon’s takeover of the book industry. With this data,