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This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Katherine Dee, a reporter and internet culture writer since 2018. She's here to discuss the evolution of e-girls, their cultural significance, and the changing landscape of media and online identity.
Katherine's X: https://x.com/default_friend
Katherine's Substack: https://substack.com/@defaultfriend
00:00:00 Unique art museum experiences
00:04:15 Defining e-girls and their evolution
00:10:50 Shifting media forms and declining media literacy
00:19:55 The anti-woke movement is an entertainment genre
00:27:07 Dolphin accelerationism
00:31:00 The ethics of interacting with AI
00:39:37 Internet history must always be an oral history
00:50:28 The loss of quality local news
00:57:41 The normie internet and subterranean internet split
Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
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