Adam ArolaOn Spotify — Who’s Wrapping Who?I like to think about identity. Not so much in the “Ship of Theseus” sense — but about how we relate to our own identity. How we go about…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Adam ArolaThe Medium Is Still The Message: “Aesthetics” and Social MediaThere’s goblincore or crowcore (collections of weird shiny trinkets), meadowcore (pretty pictures of meadows), fairycore (meadowcore but…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
Adam ArolaThe Internet Today! — The Moon Is Under Attack (7.20.20)This is the first post in what I intend to be a recurring series about social media events that are driving conversation on Twitter and…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
Adam ArolaCottagecore & Frontier LARPingSince Tumblr ceased to be the home of a certain type of internet discourse, many of the conversations that used to stay siloed on that…Jul 3, 20201Jul 3, 20201
Adam ArolaYour Freedom Is Killing YouThe ‘every man for himself’ individualism that not-so-subtly defines America is why most people can only understand & evaluate social…May 25, 20201May 25, 20201
Adam ArolaThe Conspiracy of Subjectivity: Agency in the Age of Helplessness“But if there is no cosmic Plan? What a mockery, to live in exile when no one sent you there. Exile from a place, moreover, that does not…May 25, 2020May 25, 2020