“Podcasts and other forms of ‘parasocial’ media reframe friendship as monetized self-care.
Internet
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The Sound of My Inbox
“In a newsletter, the reader is welcomed as a supporter, an ally — or perhaps even a friend.”
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How Twitter Can Ruin a Life
Isabel Fall’s story has been held up as an example of “cancel culture run amok.”
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“The Internet Is Inside Us”: Patricia Lockwood on the Portal, Twitter, and Her New Novel
In an interview at GQ, Patricia Lockwood talks about the perils of being extremely online.
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Patricia Lockwood Is a Good Reason to Never Log Off
“I mean, the internet is inside us. It’s no longer an externality. We can’t get away from that. You can do some Alias thing where you rip the chip out and you throw it in the river, but it’s too late, man. We’re not getting offline.” Gabriella Paiella interviews Patricia Lockwood.
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Screen Memories
“Screenshots are also proof of memory — proof that I was there, online at a moment in time.”
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‘No Single Machine Should Be Able to Control So Many People’
Can we survive the social web?
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Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
” No single machine should be able to control so many people.”
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The Mormon Mommy Bloggers of Instagram
Alexandra Tanner spent this weird year following Mormon mommy bloggers on Instagram.