Hard agree with everything you wrote! "Surplus values maxxing" is a feeling I never got when I was noodling on my blog for 10 years, but Substack (and some of its users) sometimes make me feel like I’m not trying hard enough to make this an opportunity (after all, it's not like my actual work pays all that well). But I go back to my old blog sometimes just to remind myself why keeping "value" out of this has its upsides. It makes sense for a lot of people, but it's not for me.
Was literally thinking yesterday how i have such a backlog of newsletters rn and then was like, “but I wish I had a Kara post, I would read that immediately!” 😂 THANK you for breaking down SO well the queasy feeling that social media/making yourself the product ellicits - and also why it’s so hard to step away from!! Substack is the first active social media account I’ve had since “poke wars” were a thing and I still feel new (and therefore HELLA susceptible!) to it after hearing/reading about it for years ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On what planet is Kamala a Marxist ? Stop spreading misinformation by trying to make her some fun cutesy cultural icon… also just bc she’s a woman doesn’t mean she’s good? If u want real change and a candidate who truly believes in Marxism vote Jill stein
Love love loved this! I’m a 90s baby so I didn’t actually get to experience the 90s, but I’ve always had a sneaking suspicion I was about two minutes late to the climax of the party. Thank you for confirming 😂 I also wrote about the magic dust, but I love the way you explicate the relation between writing on here, labor, and gender. Very interesting read as a fellow sociologist. Took a lot of things away from this essay, thank you for sharing!
Hard agree with everything you wrote! "Surplus values maxxing" is a feeling I never got when I was noodling on my blog for 10 years, but Substack (and some of its users) sometimes make me feel like I’m not trying hard enough to make this an opportunity (after all, it's not like my actual work pays all that well). But I go back to my old blog sometimes just to remind myself why keeping "value" out of this has its upsides. It makes sense for a lot of people, but it's not for me.
Was literally thinking yesterday how i have such a backlog of newsletters rn and then was like, “but I wish I had a Kara post, I would read that immediately!” 😂 THANK you for breaking down SO well the queasy feeling that social media/making yourself the product ellicits - and also why it’s so hard to step away from!! Substack is the first active social media account I’ve had since “poke wars” were a thing and I still feel new (and therefore HELLA susceptible!) to it after hearing/reading about it for years ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On what planet is Kamala a Marxist ? Stop spreading misinformation by trying to make her some fun cutesy cultural icon… also just bc she’s a woman doesn’t mean she’s good? If u want real change and a candidate who truly believes in Marxism vote Jill stein
Love love loved this! I’m a 90s baby so I didn’t actually get to experience the 90s, but I’ve always had a sneaking suspicion I was about two minutes late to the climax of the party. Thank you for confirming 😂 I also wrote about the magic dust, but I love the way you explicate the relation between writing on here, labor, and gender. Very interesting read as a fellow sociologist. Took a lot of things away from this essay, thank you for sharing!