Just as physical institutions lack intelligence and awareness, so do institutions of the digital—Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok. These are the institutions (re)defining the future of visual culture; they are also, without question, deeply flawed.

Legacy Russell, Glitch Feminism

Despite having a following on Instagram of 247K, I am planning my exit (or at least planning to greatly divest from the platform).

I created Guerrilla Feminism/The Guerrilla Feminist in 2011. I made a Facebook page that got really big really quick. I then created an Instagram account that got even bigger. Most of the time, I didn’t know what I was doing or where this thing I had created was going. It was briefly a nonprofit, then that fell apart (because creating and running a nonprofit is no joke). Now it exists as an extension of my work, however, unlike an influencer, the people are not there to see me. They’re mostly not even there to see my writing or other work. This has been okay, but in the last five years, feeling unseen and having my page described as a “meme account” has felt hollow and sad.