Jack Z. Bratich
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Can the Monarch subject speak?
Thanks Meaghan! I didn't know about Tila Tequila "truth v-logging". Then again, I haven't checked the Vigilant Citizen site in a while, which is my go-to site for all things Illuminati in pop culture. Your conclusion really identifies ... -
Agency Panic in the Dark
Thanks for the lively opening post and clip, Jason. A blast from the past for me, as I was a teen when this panic was spreading (sadly, R.E.M. and the Replacements never got this kind of attention). It also seems to relate to what Timothy Melley calls &qu ... -
The Value of Monsters
Crafting, one of the first labors to be industrialized (as textiles), also continued as concealed women’s work (hidden from value-measurement). This contemporary upbeat recovery of artisanal practices seems like a return of the repressed, only now as remi ... -
Yeah, it's only one of a
Yeah, it's only one of a handful of how-to videos put out by the Alliance of Youth Movements. The Alliance (the more I say their name, the more it sounds like a sci-fi group) also provides a field manual (their term) that you can download. In one of ... -
Re: Anonymous: From the Lulz to Collective Action
What a compelling and informative account of the emergence and transformations of Anonymous. This is one of those touchstone pieces that will provide the starting point for any future analysis. I was wondering if you had more of a sense of how authori ... -
Re: Network Multitudes?
Nick, great point. I completely agree that what's crucial to this moment in history is the way ordinary people were able to overcome their fears and put their bodies on the line. What happened in Egypt certainly cannot be reduced to the line of inf ... -
Re: Kyber-Revolts: Egypt, State-friended Media, and Secret S...
Susannah, I’m sorry to hear that discussions of the group you work for bum you out, and that it automatically triggers images of conspiracy theories. I’d recommend reading more on netwar and public diplomacy to round out your approach to the world. “ask ... -
Re: Network Multitudes?
Thanks Biella. There's obviously much more to say here to evoke the nuances of the Egyptian uprising. I tried to answer some of Nick's reservations above. It's a delicate matter to tease out agency here without falling back into the languag ...