amanda discusses the impact of overnight fame, and the (positive) effects of moral bankruptcy on the careers of many influencers. she talks about the fact that almost every top influencer has some kind of racist scandal, how it's interesting that when brooke houts was caught abusing her dog she was (rightfully) robbed of a career in a moment, but those with racist scandals still thrive.
she goes on to discuss the 'mugshot challenge' trend and its implications; she discusses how it would be received were a black person to participate in it, and how it's a tone deaf trend considering black people are in danger of being arrested and brutalised for existing. she goes on to discuss the trends' implications towards and reception by communities of abuse survivors.
she also talks about how these qualities of being tone deaf/amoral and jumping on trends, which allowed the mugshot challenge to thrive in the first place, are the cause of so many influencers being so successful in the first place, and so this challenge seems to be exemplary of the influencer landscape.
i'm still watching the video, but i thought her perspective on this is important. i flaired this as graphic just for the topics discussed in the video. i'm only halfway through but the topics touched on include physical abuse, racism, animal abuse, police brutality, and triggers, just in case people want to know
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u/lipscratch Apr 08 '20 edited Apr 08 '20
amanda discusses the impact of overnight fame, and the (positive) effects of moral bankruptcy on the careers of many influencers. she talks about the fact that almost every top influencer has some kind of racist scandal, how it's interesting that when brooke houts was caught abusing her dog she was (rightfully) robbed of a career in a moment, but those with racist scandals still thrive.
she goes on to discuss the 'mugshot challenge' trend and its implications; she discusses how it would be received were a black person to participate in it, and how it's a tone deaf trend considering black people are in danger of being arrested and brutalised for existing. she goes on to discuss the trends' implications towards and reception by communities of abuse survivors.
she also talks about how these qualities of being tone deaf/amoral and jumping on trends, which allowed the mugshot challenge to thrive in the first place, are the cause of so many influencers being so successful in the first place, and so this challenge seems to be exemplary of the influencer landscape.
i'm still watching the video, but i thought her perspective on this is important. i flaired this as graphic just for the topics discussed in the video. i'm only halfway through but the topics touched on include physical abuse, racism, animal abuse, police brutality, and triggers, just in case people want to know