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Algorithmic Enclosure

21
Sep

The Spectacle of Degradation: From Forensic Humiliation to the Culture Industry’s Transphobic Grotesque

Modern internet culture runs on manufactured disgust and digital cruelty. From forensic stagings of humiliation to anti-trans panics, reactionary movements weaponise grotesque caricature and biological essentialism to strip away human agency and enforce social exclusion.
2 min read
04
Sep

The Banality of Exclusion: Digital Panopticons, Manufactured Panic, and the Psychology of Conformity

Digital platforms operate as modern panopticons, using manufactured panic and threat framing to enforce mass conformity. By weaponising ancient tribal anxieties and coopting the vocabulary of peace, systems of control trap us in ideological enclosures, demanding compliance over critical inquiry.
3 min read