High Brow is a chic podcast for cool girls and self-identified intellectuals. Hosted by Mina Le, the pod is an extension of her eponymous Youtube channel. Follow Mina every Wednesday as she leads you through the culture & fashion landscapes, dissecting topics that probably resonate most with the chronically online... but through the lens of someone who has touched grass of course (or so she claims!). Find Mina on Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter @gremlita
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you should watch bad movies & not look at ratings
In today's episode, Mina embraces Meg Ryan Fall™, asks the question "do the rats run this city?" (yes they do), her algorithm-induced David Byrne fixation, why review systems are no good (especially Rotten Tomatoes), what it means to be a "content creator" (barf?????), and online friendship etiquette.
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Reading/sources list:
New York's Rats Have Already Won - The Atlantic
The Mongolia cashmere quote I mentioned is actually from this New Yorker article from 1999: The Crisis in Cashmere | The New Yorker
Talking Heads on the Return of ‘Stop Making Sense’ - The New York Times
The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes
Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude - The New York Times
The New Rules Of Friendship Online
Group-Chat Culture Is Out of Control - The Atlantic
Milk Experiment
Re: Google search engine results, the Wired article I read and got information from has been taken down since recording: A Note From WIRED Leadership
Here’s another article regarding Google interference - not sure if they do exactly what Wired first reported on, but still sounds bad whatever they’re doing: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results - WSJ