Joshua Citarella

Politigram & the Post-left

The print release of 2021-11-10 16:47:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Jreg on Politics and Fandom

Greg Guevara visits the pod to discuss radical ideologies, mental health, artistic expression and political speech.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Jregory

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Do Not Research at Odd Café

Do Not Research contributor Sjef van Beers invited our co-directors 2021-10-27 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Taylor Lorenz on Gen Z and Social Media

Online public vs private spaces, web 2.5, platform capitalism, saving the children from unpaid internships, pre-crisis aesthetics, edgy teens, unironic conspiracies, shadowbanning and influence

2021-10-20 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

New video series

I've just returned from shooting a new 3 episode video series in LA. 

"When Guys Turn 20..." is a collaboration with Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman. We will release these in th...

Not going back to teaching

Two weeks ago I posted a lengthy status update on Instagram about my decision to leave the university and become a full time content creat...

Studio Visit w/ Nadim Samman

Nadim Samman is a curator and art historian based in Berlin.
IG: @ nadim.samman

2021-10-01 10:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Do Not Research, fall 2021

 DoNotResearch.net is our community blog for publishing essays, art, video,  poetry and internet culture research. Since we launched six months ago, we've published 72 pi...

Zeitgeist w/ Dorian Electra

Dorian visits the stream to investigate conspiracy theory & the federal reserve.

Auto-experiment: Hyper-masculinity

Online conservatives claim that left-wing politics are the result of feminization caused by consuming everything from soy milk to tap water. And while there are endocrine disrupting chemicals in seemingly everything --a fact that should set off al...

Mark Fisher & pathologies of the digital w/ Tom Krell (HTDW)

Check out the HTDW Program 2021:
https://www.patreon.com/howtodresswell 

2021-09-01 10:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Syllabus: DoNotResearch, 2021-- fall

This syllabus is drawn from materials discussed in the DNR reading group, videos reviewed on the Twitch stream and films screened in the Discord. It is a crash course into some foundational ideas combined with a selection of recent links. Coursewo...

Xenofeminism w/ Helen Hester

Helen Hester is the author of Xenofeminism (2018). She is a professor of Gender, Technology and Cultural Politics at the London School of Film, Media and Design.

@ HelenHester
2021-08-17 10:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post

My Political Journey: @zoe4revolution

My guest is a 20 year old communist.

After the End of History, 2019

Speaking with 3 Gen Z lefty meme posters during a live event at the New Museum in NYC.
https://rhizome.org/events/after-the-end-of-history/

Micro...

Notes on the "Slow Red Pill"

Last week l published a piece in The Guardian. It circulated a lot. 

In just over 1 year, we've managed to take these topics from a podcast of ~1500 listeners to the #1 opinion piece in front of an audience of millions. We are successfu...

Choose Your Future, 2021

This project is part of KW Digital: Open Secret, 16 July - 31 December.

http://joshuacitarella.com/chooseyourfuture/
2021-07-16 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Do Not Research: Xenoestrogens

Holly, Davidy & Josh take a deep dive into milk wars, seed oils, plastics and the taint.

Chemicals in the Water w/ Dorian Electra

Dorian visits the stream to investigate gay frogs.

Gay Frogs: A Deep Dive (Oki's Weird Stories)
youtu.be/i5uSbp...

Guest pods & more

Guest pods:

I recently spoke to Holly & Mat at the Interdependence podcast. This is a rapid intro + recap of the last few years of work. Highly recommended for anyone who is new to the community. Interde...

Cloud Feudalism w/ Mike Pepi

Mike Pepi is a writer focused on art & tech criticism . His work has been published in Frieze, e-flux, SF MoMA, Flash Art, Art in America, DIS Magazine, Artforum,  Spike Art, ...

Memes as Politics: Ep 14.5: Anti-Capitalism from the Right

Casual episode. I share some thoughts on the current state of online radical politics: Instagram + YouTube. We catch up on the recent Lauren Southern video. And discuss the cultural war vs. electoral majority.

Ideology Iceberg

I thought this would be a short side project. But 15 hours and 39 minutes later, I feel very certain that we are the only people on the whole internet who have looked up every term.

The earlier tiers are straight forward eno...

Super Secret Summer Program

I've dedicated the last few years of my practice to an expansive research project; exploring the ways in which social media is shaping political ideation among gen Z. After many encounters with academics, researchers, organizers, consultants and j...

Do Not Research: Lindy

DNR community researchers Davidy, Holly & Margo join me to discuss the "Lindy Effect" and more.

Follow on IG: @db00ts, 2021-05-19 10:00:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Notes on Political Influence

Last week I published a short piece in The Guardian, summarizing my thoughts on influence, content creation and its overflow into real world politics. I want to share some additional topics that were too disparate or nuanced for a mass audience. 2021-05-05 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Net Povera w/ New Models

This episode is a joint release alongside New Models.
We discuss: institutional failure, alt-media and the future of creator communities.

New Models is a news agg...

Memes as Politics: Ep 14: Average Outside Fan, Average Neet Enjoyer

intro by @rasterbahn_punished & @donotresearch

What  is the PMC? Listener Q&A, Ella Emhoff and the crisis of counter-culture now. My computer unexpectedly tanks midstream (RIP). The  conclusion (~38:00+) is my address to an...

Shadowlands w/ Doug Lain

Douglas Lain, author and publisher at Zer0 Books, joins me to discuss his recent (maybe) "shadowban".

Music: "Starseed Junglist Anthem" by DJ Umberto Ecco 2k

Featured in The New Yorker +[Do Not Research] soft launch

In the last year I've had an on-going dialogue with journalist Nathan Taylor Pemberton on the topics of gen Z social media and counter messaging from the left.

The last few years have dramatically reshaped legacy, alt and social media. As ma...