Vicky Osterweil

So they would have someone distroing zines and playing the show and like I mean, I got radicalized through punk. I know a lot of people who did. That was, you know, when I finally did, it was after that movement had largely crested. But I think there was a lot of focus on culture and also a critique of culture was also pretty central to how people were thinking and moving.

So they would have someone distroing zines and playing the show and like I mean, I got radicalized through punk. I know a lot of people who did. That was, you know, when I finally did, it was after that movement had largely crested. But I think there was a lot of focus on culture and also a critique of culture was also pretty central to how people were thinking and moving.

So they would have someone distroing zines and playing the show and like I mean, I got radicalized through punk. I know a lot of people who did. That was, you know, when I finally did, it was after that movement had largely crested. But I think there was a lot of focus on culture and also a critique of culture was also pretty central to how people were thinking and moving.

And I think the explosion of social media and, like, posting and, like, the sort of... quote-unquote democratization and leveling of communication capabilities, which in some ways was more real in the early 2010s certainly than it is now. It wasn't totally like a made-up narrative, but it was also over-relied on. I think people sort of reached for a kind of like...

And I think the explosion of social media and, like, posting and, like, the sort of... quote-unquote democratization and leveling of communication capabilities, which in some ways was more real in the early 2010s certainly than it is now. It wasn't totally like a made-up narrative, but it was also over-relied on. I think people sort of reached for a kind of like...

And I think the explosion of social media and, like, posting and, like, the sort of... quote-unquote democratization and leveling of communication capabilities, which in some ways was more real in the early 2010s certainly than it is now. It wasn't totally like a made-up narrative, but it was also over-relied on. I think people sort of reached for a kind of like...

Well, anyone who can use these tools to communicate, like that's valuable. So critiquing sort of media in general or critiquing sort of capitalist media is sort of beside the point because we can go around it. We can sort of go, we can, you know, go on Twitter and subvert it and we can like do all these, you know, go sideways around it.

Well, anyone who can use these tools to communicate, like that's valuable. So critiquing sort of media in general or critiquing sort of capitalist media is sort of beside the point because we can go around it. We can sort of go, we can, you know, go on Twitter and subvert it and we can like do all these, you know, go sideways around it.

Well, anyone who can use these tools to communicate, like that's valuable. So critiquing sort of media in general or critiquing sort of capitalist media is sort of beside the point because we can go around it. We can sort of go, we can, you know, go on Twitter and subvert it and we can like do all these, you know, go sideways around it.

So I was, you know, a participant in Occupy Wall Street in 2011, which people also don't know anything about because that's just being older. But Occupy Wall Street was started by a magazine called Adbusters, which came out of the WTO movement and sort of managed to stick around. And by 2011, when they did that, we thought it was like a joke.

So I was, you know, a participant in Occupy Wall Street in 2011, which people also don't know anything about because that's just being older. But Occupy Wall Street was started by a magazine called Adbusters, which came out of the WTO movement and sort of managed to stick around. And by 2011, when they did that, we thought it was like a joke.

So I was, you know, a participant in Occupy Wall Street in 2011, which people also don't know anything about because that's just being older. But Occupy Wall Street was started by a magazine called Adbusters, which came out of the WTO movement and sort of managed to stick around. And by 2011, when they did that, we thought it was like a joke.

It was like, oh, these culture jammers who like make fun of advertisements, like they started the movement. Like, that's ridiculous, right? Like, that's silly. And like, this is not to defend Adbusters. I think whatever. Yeah, there's some issues with them, but they also did, I don't know.

It was like, oh, these culture jammers who like make fun of advertisements, like they started the movement. Like, that's ridiculous, right? Like, that's silly. And like, this is not to defend Adbusters. I think whatever. Yeah, there's some issues with them, but they also did, I don't know.

It was like, oh, these culture jammers who like make fun of advertisements, like they started the movement. Like, that's ridiculous, right? Like, that's silly. And like, this is not to defend Adbusters. I think whatever. Yeah, there's some issues with them, but they also did, I don't know.

But also I think that reaction of like culture jamming is sort of stupid or like, you know, like talking about who wants to talk about culture at this point. I think that that made sense in the context in which we were moving and organizing. But like now, once again, it is clear that by abandoning the cultural sphere in many ways, we have in fact lost a tremendous amount of ground.

But also I think that reaction of like culture jamming is sort of stupid or like, you know, like talking about who wants to talk about culture at this point. I think that that made sense in the context in which we were moving and organizing. But like now, once again, it is clear that by abandoning the cultural sphere in many ways, we have in fact lost a tremendous amount of ground.

But also I think that reaction of like culture jamming is sort of stupid or like, you know, like talking about who wants to talk about culture at this point. I think that that made sense in the context in which we were moving and organizing. But like now, once again, it is clear that by abandoning the cultural sphere in many ways, we have in fact lost a tremendous amount of ground.

So I think it's actually really important to have cultural organizations that aren't just theory, that aren't just news, but that are like really talking about art and beauty and like excitement and joy and fiction and all these things that we find really important.

So I think it's actually really important to have cultural organizations that aren't just theory, that aren't just news, but that are like really talking about art and beauty and like excitement and joy and fiction and all these things that we find really important.