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The Socially-Conscious Mean Girl - by eliza mclamb

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I recently fell down the rabbit hole of influencer snark pages. I say “fell down the rabbit hole” as if it’s my first experience, as though it’s something I passively stumbled upon, but really it’s more like I put my hand back on the electric fence and realized, for the hundredth time, why people don’t touch those. Writing about the internet in 2010, Sady Doyle described snark as “an attitude…Snark is the kids at the back of the class, heckling the substitute teacher; it's the voice of people who feel stifled, talked down to, or left out; the tool of people who have discovered that honing in on the weaknesses of those in power, exposing them publicly (if only to their own circle of friends), and reducing them to figures of fun (if only in their own minds), makes them feel a little less helpless.” Citing a 10+ year old article about the internet may seem akin to using a 1500’s surgical manual (we don’t have soap yet, have you tried leeches?!), but I do think Doyle’s point still stands,

The Socially-Conscious Mean Girl my trip down the Reddit hole of snark pages eliza mclamb Feb 12, 2024 2,642 66 326 Share I recently fell down the rabbit hole of influencer snark pages. I say “fell down the rabbit hole” as if it’s my first experience, as though it’s something I passively stumbled upon, but really it’s more like I put my hand back on the electric fence and realized, for the hundredth time, why people don’t touch those. Writing about the internet in 2010, Sady Doyle described snark as “an attitude…Snark is the kids at the back of the class, heckling the substitute teacher; it's

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