Oh, that link to the blogpost sure brings clarity, since it also links to the medium profiles of the writers:
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Trumps victory, a surprise? Not if you followed #GamerGate (Nov 18,
2016) - pretty much exactly what you think it is
Im a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump (Nov 11,
2016) - yet again pretty much exactly what you think it is
What I learned as Feminist Critic Sandy Beaches (Feb 29,
2016) - yup, more gamergate bullshit. With a nice streak of anti-feminism and some weird as fuck berniebro-ing in the middle of it.
So his views has changed since last November maybe?
The other dude is a lot less gamergate-y it seems
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There is some weird shit like:
5 Things Every Man Should Know (Jun 22, 2016) - which has a bunch of werid man v. woman language in it.
I'm not sure if it's really being held up as an example of "How we live today".
The pornstar tweet is used because it deals with the cyberpunk themes of body augmentation and enhancement, as well as the necessary escalation of transgressive behavior over time.
It is though? "We eventually forgot were living in the future, because the amazing tech became invisible to us. Think about how many concepts and pieces of tech from this photo". Maybe I phrased it poorly, I didn't mean it as if they were suggesting that it is the norm but it is the example they use for illustrating how tech is invisible for us and we just consider it part of life.
Yet again, I'm pretty sure that you could make that point of societal transgressions with gay rights (I mean gay sex is still hardly portrayed on TV or in films) and it would be more of a stark contrast.
The body modification/augmentation I might concede a bit on.
It's not just about the excerpt on its own, it's when it is put into context of what they've (well, mostly the other bloke) said about feminism and women, it doesn't come off well. That this is what they go to to illustrate that "Technology enabled this selfie, but what also makes it possible is a evolution of occidental taboos."
That very same point, could have been illustrated in a multitude of different ways.
I might read this wrong but I don't think he meant that she deserves to be judged but rather than not so long ago - she would have been. If that's the point, I'm not sure what's so wrong about it - it certainly seems that sex work is more socially acceptable than it used to be.
My point was that women who do pornographic films are still shunned/judged (and often fairly harshly) by society.