There was a time when logging on social media meant, reconnecting with your online friends, sharing the sandwich you had for lunch and checking the comments on you retrica-filtered holiday photos?

Today, social media is omni present, accompanying us in every moment and yet it feels more distant and impersonal than ever. In a time when one post can earn more than a year of work in an office, it is no wonder that the platforms have become a full time job for many.

In this episode, we meet with Mónica, tattoo artist and foreced-to-be influencer, who relies on social media to promote her work. From Meta monopolising buying the entirety of the internet, Twitter morphing into Musk’s personal megaphone, and TikTok caught in the crosshairs of political agendas we discuss what went wrong with our beloved apps.

We revisit, tumblr dashboards, the six-second fever dream that was Vine and discuss what the future holds for social media.

So join us, and our guest as we ask the ultimate existential question of the internet age: if we log off, do we even exist anymore?

Mónica’s socials:

IG @chaotic.tattoos

TikTok @chaotic.tattoos

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When the world stops revolving around men, do they start spinning out? In a universe where men once dominated our lives, bank accounts, and romantic narratives, a shift is happening. Disillusioned with the male-dominated structures around them, women are not only rejecting them but dismantling them completely, creating female only spaces, rejecting heterosexual relationships and effectively decentralising men from their lives.

But what happens when the male ego meets female autonomy, is there any room left for a healthy dialogue or is the only response hatred and rage? In this episode we discuss where does this decentralisation stem from and whether it can pave the way to bridging the gender gap.

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It’s 2012 and you’re on a family holiday in Paris with your family. You’re trying to take a picture of the Eiffel tower but all you can see is hundreds of metal poles with people’s phones glued to them. But you’re not worried. You take out your own selfie stick, extend it 1 meter long and take a bird’s eye view selfie with the fam. Does that sound familiar?

Today, although influencers are spread far and wide and self-content creation is more popular than ever, no one really talks about using a selfie stick anymore, although one could argue that it was the gadget that started it all. Is it because creating amateurish content simply isn’t cool anymore? In an era where content creation has become a professional sport for which you require at least 3 camera lenses, 2 lights and 3 tripods, perhaps there’s just no space for a humble selfie stick anymore. In this episode we discuss the cultural significance of this gadget and the wider thoughts around self-creation that it’s disappearance sparks.

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