One of the main things I have taken away from this section especially Glitch Encrypts and Glitch is Anti-Body are how glitch feminism reminds me of ideas of self-preservation as resistance. The simple act of existing can be rebellion for marginalized or glitched bodies. It reminds me of this quote from Audre Lorde, “Caring from myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
I was also really fascinated by the mention of Lil Miquela. I had heard of her before and she has always been so strange to me. It reminds me of things we talked about in my ASEM about consumerism. Companies will watch every trend and find a way to market something off of it. Even the very idea of an influencer is not safe. In a way Lil Miquela shows an interesting dimension to influencer culture as a whole when you can do it successfully with a fully digital fully online body.
I have really enjoyed this reading. Especially how it has made me think about different gender identities can be explored online like in Glitch is Skin. I have begun to question what my own gender identity could be beyond what it is now and the ideas of glitch feminism have really helped me begin to see how the internet can be a part of that exploration.
