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Cierra Bettens

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Cierra Bettens is a word and lens-based creative making and feeling things in her homeland of the Canadian prairies. In between her creative endeavors, she studies politics and philosophy, hoping it will one day bring her towards the very lucrative profession of journalism. On most days, you’ll find her photographing old lovers on street corners, writing notes about people on public transit, and overusing the love-letter emoji.
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“She’s Just Like Me”: The Allure of the Writer Diary Twitter Account

A nonconsensual diary read is enough of a taboo to be considered an additional deadly sin. Yet on eBay and Etsy, the secondhand diary is a surprisingly sought-after item. Sellers…
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Dissecting Gen-Z’s Shoegaze Obsession

Shoegaze is a genre you either firmly love or firmly hate. Someone’s trash is another’s treasure—or in this case, someone’s vacuum cleaner-esque noise is another’s dreamy distortion rock. Three years…
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Femme Flâneur: (Re)imagining the City

A detached observer of city life; a wanderer; a dreamer.  Walter Benjamin affirmed the flâneur as the epitome of modern city life in The Arcades Project. Charles Baudelaire romanticized the…
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How the Substack Boom Is Shaping the Future of Media

Before I found out about Substack, I tended to throw newsletters in my junk mail folder upon receiving them. Cheekily referred to as the “OnlyFans” or “Tumblr” for writers, Substack…
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Empathy Isn’t Toxic: The Problem With Emotional Labor Discourse

In late 2019 this infamous tweet—pretending to respond to a venting friend—emerged: “Hey! I’m so glad you reached out. I’m actually at capacity/helping someone else who’s in crisis/dealing with some…
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Foucault, Data, and Human Intimacy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

What is really mine anymore? On any given day, I’m letting little bits and pieces of my personal life become available to someone—or something—else. I don’t read the terms and…
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The Ideology Behind Anti-Vax Mommy Bloggers and QAnon Followers 

She resembles the girl you went to high school with who (unsuccessfully) tried to recruit you for her essential oil pyramid scheme. In her IGTV videos, she speaks softly of…
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An Intimate Look at Intimate Apparel

My relationship with lingerie has always been complicated. It coalesces with another relationship I have that carries even more complexities: femininity.  From the bedroom to the Victoria’s Secret runway, lingerie…
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Unpacking the Instagram Infographic Industrial Complex

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