Bridget Todd

What are those? What are those? Tell me that was not the most subversive thing you've ever seen, where it's like, oh, you might be an armed agent of the state who can shoot me and not have any consequences, but I can still roast your shoes in front of millions of people and millions of people are going to see it.

What are those? What are those? Tell me that was not the most subversive thing you've ever seen, where it's like, oh, you might be an armed agent of the state who can shoot me and not have any consequences, but I can still roast your shoes in front of millions of people and millions of people are going to see it.

I believe that the people who are making the most interesting, subversive, like the people who made Vines that became part of the cultural lexicon were Black folks. Like Peaches Monroe talking about her new eyebrows that were on fleek. That went on to define an entire generation, right? That went on to be used in all different kinds of campaigns. It stuck around, right? We in this bitch.

I believe that the people who are making the most interesting, subversive, like the people who made Vines that became part of the cultural lexicon were Black folks. Like Peaches Monroe talking about her new eyebrows that were on fleek. That went on to define an entire generation, right? That went on to be used in all different kinds of campaigns. It stuck around, right? We in this bitch.

It's gonna get crock.

It's gonna get crock.

It's a phenomenon where when a person of color, a black or brown person, creates something on social media, the consensus generally is, oh, it doesn't matter who created it. It's just the internet. It's just ideas for the taking. But then the person who takes those ideas or the institution that takes those ideas, they certainly make money off of it, right?

It's a phenomenon where when a person of color, a black or brown person, creates something on social media, the consensus generally is, oh, it doesn't matter who created it. It's just the internet. It's just ideas for the taking. But then the person who takes those ideas or the institution that takes those ideas, they certainly make money off of it, right?

When Applebee's said on fleek in an ad that that was certainly a commercial exchange, right? And so there is a pervasive attitude across social media that

When Applebee's said on fleek in an ad that that was certainly a commercial exchange, right? And so there is a pervasive attitude across social media that

When black and brown people create things that go on to have a lot of cultural cachet, it's okay if those same people are completely shut out of any economic benefit of that and that other people can just make as much money as they want without giving them any kind of credit.

When black and brown people create things that go on to have a lot of cultural cachet, it's okay if those same people are completely shut out of any economic benefit of that and that other people can just make as much money as they want without giving them any kind of credit.

Early days of Vine, the thing that I remember the most about it, black people roasting others. That was like, you know, we are, despite the fact that we're very creative and have an interesting perspective and a lot to say, oftentimes we find ourselves shut out of more traditional mainstream platforms. So when we get platforms that are a little bit more democratized, we shine there.

Early days of Vine, the thing that I remember the most about it, black people roasting others. That was like, you know, we are, despite the fact that we're very creative and have an interesting perspective and a lot to say, oftentimes we find ourselves shut out of more traditional mainstream platforms. So when we get platforms that are a little bit more democratized, we shine there.

So for me, it was really these... windows into just showing a different perspective. I think that people who came from traditionally marginalized backgrounds, because of the democratization of the content on Vine, were really able to demonstrate how funny, witty, subversive, off the wall, over the top, creative, talented we really are, right?

So for me, it was really these... windows into just showing a different perspective. I think that people who came from traditionally marginalized backgrounds, because of the democratization of the content on Vine, were really able to demonstrate how funny, witty, subversive, off the wall, over the top, creative, talented we really are, right?

So I think that the people who made Vines that really had staying power in terms of a cultural cachet were people of color, Black and brown youth,

So I think that the people who made Vines that really had staying power in terms of a cultural cachet were people of color, Black and brown youth,

Merry Chrysler. Merry Chrysler.

Merry Chrysler. Merry Chrysler.