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Oct. 6th, 2020 04:00 pmThe Lifestyle Blog Voter
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-lifestyle-blog-voter
I am on Instagram, but at the same time I'm extremely wary of the general culture of Instagram, and this is one of the many reasons why. I used to enjoy sharing photos of my dog and the plants and flowers I encountered around Washington DC, but at some point I started to get really creeped out by the performance of consumer culture encouraged by the platform. There is an active zine community on Instagram, as well as a lot of people doing good work regarding BIPOC and LGBTQ+ body positivity, so I'm still there, but these days I just post my shitty art and comics and try not to interact too much with "lifestyle" content.
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-lifestyle-blog-voter
Until we can be honest about the actual characteristics of Trump voters, we’re going to keep having these dead-end conversations about this election. Many of the POC pundits and thinkers in my feed have been issuing this corrective for years, repeatedly pulling out the stats on suburban white women who voted for Trump, especially when white #Resist twitter starts talking about how black voters in particular need to show up on election day. But you know who keeps propping up this image of the working class Trump voter? A bunch of white, educated, upper middle-class people who should know better.
When you believe in the cartoon of the Trump base, it’s all the easier to distance yourself from them. A lot of people I know think they don’t actually know a single Trump voter. If they’re middle or upper class, and their extended circle is almost all middle or upper class, they’re almost certainly wrong.
When you believe in the cartoon of the Trump base, it’s all the easier to distance yourself from them. A lot of people I know think they don’t actually know a single Trump voter. If they’re middle or upper class, and their extended circle is almost all middle or upper class, they’re almost certainly wrong.
I am on Instagram, but at the same time I'm extremely wary of the general culture of Instagram, and this is one of the many reasons why. I used to enjoy sharing photos of my dog and the plants and flowers I encountered around Washington DC, but at some point I started to get really creeped out by the performance of consumer culture encouraged by the platform. There is an active zine community on Instagram, as well as a lot of people doing good work regarding BIPOC and LGBTQ+ body positivity, so I'm still there, but these days I just post my shitty art and comics and try not to interact too much with "lifestyle" content.
