Ep. 55 – Kylie Jarrett: Feminism, Labour, and Digital Media

Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast

In this episode of AAP, John and Emily are joined by guest and friend of the podcast Amy Schiller for a discussion of Kylie Jarrett‘s book Feminism, Labor, and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife. We attempt to unpack “the digital housewife” as a device, method, standpoint, and subjectivity for understanding the role that affective labor plays in exploitation and the extraction of surplus value in digital media. We discuss the scope of the intervention in the context of the various Marxist traditions invoked, inquire whether there are resonances with labor in the academy, reflect on our own digital laboring, and pose questions that the book raises for us regarding radical politics, resistance, and alt-right meme culture.

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https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/jarrett.mp3

Links:

• Engels Cat
• Kelis – Milkshake
• Kylie Jarrett on Twitter
• Kylie Jarrett lecture on the digital housewife
• Beyonceder cross promotion brand synergy #digitallabor

The Engels Cat meme that is the focus of Chapter 5 of Jarrett’s book