tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749102502248168823.post2912448889913126912..comments2016-09-28T10:54:22.514-07:00Comments on CTCS 585: Activism in the Digital Age: SELF CARE SLOW DEATHTara McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09874394027026185133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749102502248168823.post-38905868665938306322016-09-11T14:18:23.785-07:002016-09-11T14:18:23.785-07:00I'm not sure if we are supposed to update here...I'm not sure if we are supposed to update here on how the circulation of our image went, so I'll go ahead. I chose to circulate my image on online dating apps, specifically the apps Grindr and Scruff. Prior to embarking on this project in this particular way, I hadn't thought though how I would represent the act of circulating the image, and I'm confronted with that challenge now. For this particular project, I'm not interested in risking outing people through the reproduction of our conversation and all the information that holds--perhaps on another occasion or had our conversations taken a particular route that would have felt like a significant tactic. Moreover, I'd be interested in photoshopping information out, but every conversation ended with the entrance of that image into conversations. Whenever somebody asked 'for more pics,' or 'to unlock' (meaning give access to pics), I'd send just this, and every time the conversation ended there, even if I followed up asking 'what they thought' or reciprocating the request 'for more pics.' I guess I really was dead to them! <br /><br />It's essential to understand the kinds of forces that make the economy of these apps possible, namely antiblackness and white supremacy, trans- and intersex antagonism, misogyny and hegemonic masculinities and homosexualities, fatphobia, ablism, and classism, among others. It's coded into the app and makes possible (or makes impossible) and configures certain kinds of exchanges. This project relied on these systems as they give movement to the exchanges that enabled the circulation of this image via violent exclusions and erasures and antagonisms, and the image and the project of circulating the image does nothing but reify that.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981846601127582871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749102502248168823.post-12371149170081317982016-09-05T20:36:54.114-07:002016-09-05T20:36:54.114-07:00You should give yourself more credit! Your image a...You should give yourself more credit! Your image and ideas came together wonderfully, AND it all makes sense together! The image is a pretty compelling spark for thinking about other images and media that promote self-care as a blanket statement, despite the fact that not even self-love is accessible to everyone. Your image kind of feels like an "other side" or response to some "Stop Smoking" ads I've seen.Mary Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03419071803859621790noreply@blogger.com