“The #book, an extension of this œuvre, deploys a litany of canonical #mediatheorists and #philosophers - #JeanBaudrillard, #WalterBenjamin, #MarshallMcLuhan, #PierreBourdieu, #ThorsteinVeblen - to argue the #Kardashians are “an intentional amalgamation,” “a composite of historical touch points …’”
“Propelled by our #algorithmic feeds onto every #smallscreen, in every conceivable format, #KimKardashian became less an individual #mega-celebrity than a scalable #digital #spectacle, attaining the kind of #iconicity that the entire family seems to crave …” www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
How the Kardashians Became Flesh-and-Blood Memes
Swapping paramours, hobbies, and physical features to meet the pop-culture moment, the Kardashians both shape and reflect the Zeitgeist.
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May 31, 2026 at 1:16 PM
“The #book, an extension of this œuvre, deploys a litany of canonical #mediatheorists and #philosophers - #JeanBaudrillard, #WalterBenjamin, #MarshallMcLuhan, #PierreBourdieu, #ThorsteinVeblen - to argue the #Kardashians are “an intentional amalgamation,” “a composite of historical touch points …’”
Here's a question for #arthistorians #criticaltheorists #mediatheorists. Where do we look for a genealogy of this kind of political imagery? Which aspects of it are new, & which are genuinely novel conjunctions?
The fascistic AI imagery of the grotesque Trump Gaza video aims to alienate, disaffect, and deny futures. The point is not to coalesce publics behind visions of the future, but to assert power over futurity itself through the shitty banality of its anesthetics.
There is nothing crazy about this. This horrific video epitomizes the logic of current meme-fascism: it's a colonization of the imagination that precedes and aestheticizes real neo-imperialist violence, dressed up in the glossy looks of stock imagery, influencer content and online scamming
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February 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Here's a question for #arthistorians #criticaltheorists #mediatheorists. Where do we look for a genealogy of this kind of political imagery? Which aspects of it are new, & which are genuinely novel conjunctions?
Okay since #BlueSky is a little more friendly..
Any #MediaTheorists on here? I'm hoping to actually talk to somebody with a degree about #MarshalMcLuhan. I've read some of his books but I'm *really* interested about what people who know more than me obviously think. #media #mediastudy
Any #MediaTheorists on here? I'm hoping to actually talk to somebody with a degree about #MarshalMcLuhan. I've read some of his books but I'm *really* interested about what people who know more than me obviously think. #media #mediastudy
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December 16, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Okay since #BlueSky is a little more friendly..
Any #MediaTheorists on here? I'm hoping to actually talk to somebody with a degree about #MarshalMcLuhan. I've read some of his books but I'm *really* interested about what people who know more than me obviously think. #media #mediastudy
Any #MediaTheorists on here? I'm hoping to actually talk to somebody with a degree about #MarshalMcLuhan. I've read some of his books but I'm *really* interested about what people who know more than me obviously think. #media #mediastudy