Tara McMullin

@taramcmullin

Writer, podcaster, and producer baffled by the absurdity of neoliberal capitalism. Autistic feminist. Aspiring independent scholar. Amateur baker. Host of the What Works podcast and author of a book of the same name.

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The thing that makes “influencer” such an attractive option in those surveys is precisely this idea that it names the outcome rather than the actual work. We don’t actually have a good word for what it means to do that work. Partly this is because there are big differences between platforms (and within platforms, for that matter), and there is no g... See more

Collin Brooke • Unfluence

content as capital and Media & Culture

Why We Need the Humanities in Today’s Career-Focused World

Steven Mintz insidehighered.com

Higher Ed Under Capitalism

Highlighting the consequences of an automatic society running amok, the late philosopher of technology Bernard Stiegler suggested that successive ages of technological proletarianization since the 19th century have resulted in human losses first in the knowledge of how to make and do (savoir-faire), followed by the knowledge of how to live (savoir-... See more

Ziyaad Bhorat • The Right To Be Free From Automation | NOEMA

Knowledge Work and

What Is College For?

Andrew Delbanco discusses the purpose of college, highlighting economic benefits, political importance, and the value of liberal education in fostering individual growth and enhancing democratic citizenship.

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Platform workers’ liminal status makes them much more vulnerable to exploitation. In the United States, most gig workers and creators are classified as “independent contractors,” a categorization the IRS defines as “people who offer their services to the general public” in an independent trade, business, or profession. In practical terms, this clas... See more

A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy

Labor Under Capitalism and The Creator Economy

challenges-15-00029-v2

The article critiques prevailing paradigms of digital literacy, proposing a consciousness model rooted in media ecology to address the structural biases of digital communication technologies that hinder sustainability efforts.

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Media & Culture

This is, for many of us, the dream: unfettered commitment to externalizing our innards without concern for any gaze but our own. Reclaiming one’s time, you could say. But it requires nothing short of a battle.

Marian Bull • When a hobby becomes a job

Labor Under Capitalism

The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently. -David Graeber

Worldbuilding

Our Cohorts

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