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Prosumerism and the Independent American Woman ‘Girl’ posts a photo of her cat ‘Girl’ posts a photo of her avocado toast (white woman) ‘Girl’ posts a photo of herself - she hashtags #metoo (started by a black woman) Privacy surrendered in a selective process Vulnerability as empowerment Backstage this ‘boy’ types out slut/fuck/cunt But at the same time 15 different victims are typing “thank you” and 15 different victims are writing their own me too’s ‘Girl’ blocks ‘boy’ Sees an ad on the side of her screen for selfie sticks and a t-shirt that says “feminist” “One is too few, but two are too many”* Reclamation of self through a selfie Performative act most likely to be labeled as a thot She writes about her dreams or maybe she’s a part of the protesting Thirsty bitches, getting unwanted dms at 2 am Followed by a photo of his dick, had he shown it in public he would have been arrested Constant tensions: hyper-real masquerade and a desire to blend these different spaces Sincerity as simulacraty “Blonde bombshell” stands in front of her mirror She kind of wants to dye her hair She clicked “maybe” on that FaceBook invite to protest the school shootings She doesn’t know what to do about that article she read on child sex trafficking She cried while watching her ex's Snapchat story “One is too few but two are too many” *Title and closing are quoted from Donna Haraway's "A Cyborg Manifesto"
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