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These are two very different modes of cultural interaction. Charli’s approach invites participation: the memes exist for remixing, the portrayed scene and its participants exist to be followed and engaged with on social media—the culture of Brat is open and participatory, giving anyone a ticket to join the global digital party. Kendrick, on the... See more
Ruby Justice Thelot • In Praise of Gatekeeping
This perception that culture is stuck and plagued by sameness is indeed due to the omnipresence of algorithmic feeds.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
The one thing I thought was funny about Anu’s piece is that it claims “no one owns taste” but then sort of poo-poo’s the anticipated reaction of people that views the subject of taste as their “special territory”.
You can’t have both of these things. And it’s what tech people broadly get wrong about many other intersectional dialogues. Either no... See more
You can’t have both of these things. And it’s what tech people broadly get wrong about many other intersectional dialogues. Either no... See more
Reggie James • Product Lost by @hipcityreg | Reggie James | Substack
Craig Jenkins Author Archive
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Nielsen reported that Black consumers are in a “remarkable period of influence,” with the “highest smartphone ownership and usage of any demographic group and an unyielding desire for self-expression and image control.”
Vox • Black teen girls are the curators of culture
The fetishization of problematic Black artists in America by white listeners is a well-documented tradition that goes back at least as far as Alan Lomax interviewing and recording Lead Belly while he was imprisoned for attempted murder at Louisiana State Penitentiary in the 1930s.