self, selfie, selfie, selfie, self.
- cambre&lavrence, “how else would you take a photo? #selfieambivalence“
- warfield, “mirrorcameraroom: the gendered multi-instabilities of the selfie” [[a slightly more straightforward version of her thinking can be found here, if you want to read. if you want to watch/listen to her give a 40minute presentation on why selfies are great, you can watch here. the operative word is “can.”]]
- kaufman, “a sociological snapshot of selfies” (this is an informal blog post, but can be useful for those new to the sociology game, in giving more insight into what’s useful about the sociological perspective)
ALSO ALSO ALSO: take a selfie and send it to me, me, me! do it before class tuesday by 1230pm. thanks thanks thanks.
BELOW THIS YOU WILL FIND EXTRA STUFF THAT YOU WILL NEVER READ IN YOUR LIFE BUT WHATEVER…
- A couple more defenses of the politics of selfies (short and not academic, a.k.a quick reads):
- saltz, the history of the selfie (art history!)
- souza et al. dawn of the selfie era (quantitative analysis!)
- selfie city — comparing selfie styles across 5 cities [lots of journalistic takes on it (like this) and a feminist critique of the project]
- smyne: “selfie: the revolutionary potential of your own face, in 7 chapters” (estimated 57 minute read!!! worth it, if you have the time (which you don’t) and the interest (which you might!)