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@idilg.bsky.social

Web surfing meme researcher πŸ•ΈοΈ

92 Followers  |  41 Following  |  15 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  1.6445

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Punch and the calamity of being a social media animal β€” i.g. Both human and animal dignity is in crisis in 21st century’s fast-image-culture. Images of atrocities, genocide and war are ready for consumption at a moments’ notice as β€œwe are bombarded by images”. ...

www.idilgalip.com/blog/the-iss...
"Punch is an emotional stand-in for the humans watching him."
new blogpost about #punchthemonkey

25.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks very much for sharing Nathalie <3

25.02.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This first academic piece on the "subcultural ironics of a dark corner of the womanosphere" aka The Red Scare podcast sphere is a must-read for people trying to understand the online "dirt bag" left (open Access preprint here www.idilgalip.com/blog/new-pub...)

18.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Red Scare girlfriends | 10 | Language games with the Red Scare podcast This chapter untangles internet memes as a form of vernacular creative expression that allows individuals to play with language, imagery, and cultural

new book chapter out, co-authored by eleni maragkou and i on the subcultural politics and visuals of the #redscarepodcast
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

18.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

enjoyed this "wayback studio" moment at @internetarchive.eu with @anthbrtn.com @iiil.li @idilg.bsky.social @hetsalwel.bsky.social @esthrr.bsky.social @digitalmethods.net @d-eepculture.bsky.social @publicdatalab.bsky.social @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social & many more! ✨

18.02.2026 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why we love to hate dimes square content: β€˜trash culture’ for the chronically online β€” i.g. I really can’t escape clavicular. soon after i wrote my blogpost about why i think he is quite algorithmically popular (memetic descriptors help you become more visible in the algosphere), he spawne...

you can read my newest blogpost:

Why we love to hate dimes square content: β€˜trash culture’ for the chronically online

www.idilgalip.com/blog/interne...

16.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking back at the scroll: post-bed rot session at transmediale β€” i.g. transmediale is an important festival for new media art and the wider subcultural publics of the internet. this year's curators of the festival Neema Githere and Juan Pablo Garcia Sossa put together a...

www.idilgalip.com/blog/looking...

07.02.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
transmedialetransmediale 2026 | Bedrot With Me

BEDROT WITH ME
Idil Galip
@transmediale.bsky.social, Sunday Feb 1.

You are invited to bedrot with me.

This is a desktop lecture-performance. It is also a collective experiment in doing almost nothing. Best experienced while lying down.

Tickets: transmediale.de/en/2026/even...

26.01.2026 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Learning to love my big paranoid brain

09.03.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was crashing about about Peter Thiel's impact on popular culture two years ago, they said it was too niche a topic and I was paranoid. There is such a thing as being too early to a topic, and I need to learn how to leverage it for myself because people don't believe me for some reason

09.03.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

heya!!!

24.02.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

so many bots followed me lol

24.02.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi I've decided to start posting on here again - I want to follow more people interested in digital culture and tech stuff. Do you have any recommendations? Thanksssss

24.02.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Groundhog Day| Memes Are New | de Seta | International Journal of Communication Groundhog Day| Memes Are New

dream meme chat group here with @idilg.bsky.social, Lucie Chateau & GΓΌnseli Yalcinkaya answering the eternal return of novelty in internet culture ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

07.01.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it's a lil millenial in here

04.07.2023 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WASTING TIME

THE JOYS OF WORK

NEOLUDDITE TRIPTYCH

04.07.2023 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To hear some beats to relax/study to,
I invoke Lofi girl.

In a mythic time of human/cyborg symbiosis,
she and I are one.

04.07.2023 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a poem about lofi girl

04.07.2023 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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