Currently Seeking Submissions: Resonance | University of California Press

Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture is an interdisciplinary, international peer reviewed journal that features research and writing of scholars and artists working in fields typically considered to be the domain of sound art and sound studies. These fields may include traditional and new forms of radio, music, performance, installation, sound technologies, immersive realities,…

The Twitch Exodus: Why Streamers are Jumping Ship

The Twitch Exodus

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9uZgNT1PEo&ab_channel=iilluminaughtii[/embed] For a while, Twitch seemed untouchable. They were the king of streaming and without real competition. However, as time has worn on, creators have become exhausted with their policies and hypocrisy. More streamers have left the platform and joined alternatives, like Youtube, leaving Twitch to catch up or die. Is Twitch falling apart, or…

A Firehose of Insanity and The Republican Cycle of Radicalization – Teri Kanefield

Republican Firehose of Insanity

We are essentially being hit with a firehose of insanity. I could spend a full blog post on any one of the above, but I think it’s better to back up and take a bird’s eye view to ask how has the Republican Party became so unhinged and radicalized. Source: A Firehose of Insanity and…

Here’s why Substack’s scam worked so well • Buttondown

Substack's Blog Monetisation Scam Lured Writers Into Funding Racists and Misogynists

Substack’s Blog Monetisation Scam Lured Writers Into Funding Racists and Misogynists Substack has become famous for giving massive advances — the kind that were never once offered to me or my colleagues, not up front and not after the platform took off — to people who actively hate trans people and women, argue ceaselessly against…

Stochastic Terrorism, Egregore, The Will to Power, and Hate Speech – YouTube

Nicole T. Lasher
Stochastic T3rr0rism, Egregore, The Will to Power, and H@te Speech from YouTube

Why I don’t believe that hate speech is truly done due to actual belief. These are people trying to gain money, clout, and either social or spiritual power through blood sacrifice.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrROiQn2lU&ab_channel=K.Sis.NicoleLasher%28Ibtisam70%29[/embed] Why I don’t believe that hate speech is truly done due to actual belief. These are people trying to gain money, clout, and either social or spiritual power through blood sacrifice.

The Patriarchy Pick-Me SCAM

The Patriarchy Pick-Me SCAM
The Patriarchy Pick-Me SCAM from YouTube

Analyzing the popularity of anti feminist “pick me” women joining the manosphere grift.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXzzIUF18w&ab_channel=ForeignManinaForeignLand[/embed]

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Marie Kondo ‘Gives Up’ on Tidying, Prompting Twitter to Devolve Into Mess

Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo ‘Gives Up’ on Tidying, Prompting Twitter to Devolve Into Mess by Kady Ruth Ashcraft (Jezebel)

The conversation around Marie Kondo and her embrace of mess reveals just how touchy a subject domestic labor is.

Conversations about domestic labor—cleaning, child rearing, cooking—carry a lot of emotional baggage and inherently have a racial dimension. In an online sphere dominated by the voices of lily-white momfluencers, it only makes sense that women of color—who, according to the Economic Policy Institute, make up a disproportionate share of domestic workers—would be uninterested in, or…

This Week in Fascism #133: Communities Continue to Mobilize Against Anti-LGBTQ Attacks as New Fascist Formations Emerge | It’s Going Down

Nazis being nazi.
This Week in Fascism #133: Communities Continue to Mobilize Against Anti-LGBTQ Attacks as New Fascist Formations Emerge by This Week in Fascism (It's Going Down)

photo: Kurtz Frausun Welcome fellow antifascists! Since our last column, much has happened. After Elon Musk took over Twitter and quickly moved to align with the far-Right by removing anarchist and antifascist accounts, we wanted to bring back this column and use it as a vehicle to promote antifascist theory, action, and research.

The wave of threats, deadly attacks, and harassment that began last year against the LGBTQ+ community, Pride celebrations, and drag events has only continued into the new year. With it, we are seeing new far-Right, neo-Nazi, neo-fascist, and white supremacist groups emerge.Some of these groups seem to be splits from Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi formation…

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