Episode 28 - New Celebrity

In New Celebrity we talk about the faces that rise to the top on TikTok, and how Instagram algorithms encourage the stealing of facial structures. What does it mean to not recognise ourselves in the front-facing camera? We discuss why “aesthetic flattening” has been the vibe of the pandemic. Plus, we talk about why this is the age of the collab, and we explain the history of Smiley faces, Mickey Mouse, and the uncanny “mountain”.

1. Jimmy Fallon addresses backlash over segment that featured white TikTok star performing Black creators' dances, Palmer Haasch

2. The Anxiety of influencers, Barrett Swanson

3. Age of Instagram Face, Jia Tolentino

4. Tiktok face, Cat Zhang 

5. The blandness of TikTok’s biggest stars Or, how algorithms reward mediocrity, Rebecca Jennings 

6. The death of the girl boss, Alex Abad-Santos

7. Black TikTok Creators Grapple With How Far to Take Strike: “Why Should We Have to Leave?” J Clara Chan

8. The Big Oil Instagram Influencers are here, Molly Taft

9. The Linguistics of 'YouTube Voice', Julie Beck

10. On TikTok, who owns a viral dance? Rebecca Jennings

11. Aesthetic Flattening, Cade Diehm and Jaz Hee-jeong Choi

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