Never trust a man who insists on being known as a feminist
I was never a huge Neil Gaiman fan. I liked American Gods; I read Anansi Boys but honestly I hardly remember it. I loved Good Omens, but a lot of that was Terry Pratchett. I never read Sandman because it just seemed like too much to get into. (Also I have repeatedly tried to get into graphic novels, but it just ain't my thing.)
So yesterday's Vulture article was less a "oh no, my hero" moment for me than a "oh that tracks" one, because I'd heard for years that he used his convention appearances and writing workshops to pick up much younger female fans. The details though, hurl. What the fuck is wrong with this man.
Literally all I knew about Amanda Palmer before this was that she tried to pay her tour musicians with pizza and beer, which she hid under some bullshit "DIY punk" ethos, and most of her fans forgave it because she's a quirky whyte woman. You know what's super punk and anti-capitalist? Not exploiting people's labor. So I already thought she sucked.
Who's ready for the impending TikTok ban? I'm still not convinced it will happen, but I've tracked down any IG and YouTube accounts for everyone I follow. I kind of hate both those platforms, and I'm also considering deleting all of my Meta accounts. So yesterday I also downloaded lemon8 and RedNote. The former is also run by ByteDance, and the latter is also Chinese (the captions aren't even in English), so they may also eventually wind up on the chopping block. It would be kind of funny if Congress spent all their time passing wack-a-mole laws to deal with these apps. Anyway, the first thing it showed me on both were cute bento packing videos, so yay algorithm.
Man, I don't give a fuck if China has my data. Mark Zuckerberg also has it, and frankly I trust him less than the CCP. At the risk of sounding like a 50-year-old with oppositional defiance disorder, but to my government instead of my parents, I'd dropship a blood sample to communist HQ if it would piss off the assholes trying to ban TikTok.
It's not about "data" anyway. It's about money, like everything else in this shithole country, and also about losing control of the narrative.
And I pity any Chinese spies using apps to spy on me, because I am the most boring person on the planet.
So yesterday's Vulture article was less a "oh no, my hero" moment for me than a "oh that tracks" one, because I'd heard for years that he used his convention appearances and writing workshops to pick up much younger female fans. The details though, hurl. What the fuck is wrong with this man.
Literally all I knew about Amanda Palmer before this was that she tried to pay her tour musicians with pizza and beer, which she hid under some bullshit "DIY punk" ethos, and most of her fans forgave it because she's a quirky whyte woman. You know what's super punk and anti-capitalist? Not exploiting people's labor. So I already thought she sucked.
Who's ready for the impending TikTok ban? I'm still not convinced it will happen, but I've tracked down any IG and YouTube accounts for everyone I follow. I kind of hate both those platforms, and I'm also considering deleting all of my Meta accounts. So yesterday I also downloaded lemon8 and RedNote. The former is also run by ByteDance, and the latter is also Chinese (the captions aren't even in English), so they may also eventually wind up on the chopping block. It would be kind of funny if Congress spent all their time passing wack-a-mole laws to deal with these apps. Anyway, the first thing it showed me on both were cute bento packing videos, so yay algorithm.
Man, I don't give a fuck if China has my data. Mark Zuckerberg also has it, and frankly I trust him less than the CCP. At the risk of sounding like a 50-year-old with oppositional defiance disorder, but to my government instead of my parents, I'd dropship a blood sample to communist HQ if it would piss off the assholes trying to ban TikTok.
It's not about "data" anyway. It's about money, like everything else in this shithole country, and also about losing control of the narrative.
And I pity any Chinese spies using apps to spy on me, because I am the most boring person on the planet.