For an algorithm not built by us, for a platform not designed for us to attract a cultural system which excludes us, do we commit further harm by performing our Otherness—by Othering ourselves for likes, for reshares and approval, to gain a following, to build a fanbase?
i mean what’s the other option? assimilation? i think talking about our culture and experiences fosters a sense of relation and understanding among people, it’s a recording of thoughts and history
but then again im arguing w a fictional 30 yr old obsessed with an irrelevant man whore so
