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Rachel Sennott

Spotting online personalities in the movies.

on yet another way social media is eliminating the barriers between different spheres of public life.

All the viral people

Kim Kardashian Variety

No one wants to (watch you) work anymore.

on a cultural shift, as seen on reality television.

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The end of televised hustle 

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Who's listening?

investigates the decline of podcast hype. Plus, streaming layoffs and new Lana.

Death of the podcast

Jeremy Strong Succession

On the SUVs, yachts, and helicopters of Succession.

writes in praise of Succession's transport sequences. 

Moving money

Chicken chat shows

Winner winner (celebrity) chicken dinner.

on Hot Ones and Chicken Shop Date, two crispy kinds of internet talk shows.

A-list mukbang

Caroline Polachek's Desire, I Want To Turn Into You"

Caroline Polachek as Fembot. 

on the ways in which pop star Caroline Polachek uses cyborgian aesthetics to further explore her own humanity. 

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Tangled in cables

Nymphet Alumni

Close-reading trends without losing your mind. 

interviews the trio behind Nymphet Alumni, a fashion and culture podcast.

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Reviewing NYC's most uncomfortable movie theater seats.

goes bumming around the arthouse circuit. 

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Stiff as a board

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