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Through the Lens of Vulnerability: Deconstructing Gina S. Noer’s ‘Like & Share’ and the Digital Age of Consent
In her seminal 2003 essay, Regarding the Pain of Others, cultural critic Susan Sontag posited that we exist in an era where reality is fundamentally constructed by spectacle. The camera, she argued, serves as an apparatus that grants spectators access to experiences that would otherwise remain beyond their reach. Yet, this accessibility invites a harrowing […]
The Frame of Consent: Unpacking Gina S. Noer’s Like & Share and the Digital Reality of Gender-Based Violence
In her seminal 2003 essay Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag posited that we reside in an era where reality is fundamentally constructed by the spectacle. The camera, she argued, provides a bridge for spectators to witness realities that would otherwise remain inaccessible. Yet, this raises a haunting ethical dilemma: what defines the boundary […]
The Digital Panopticon: Deconstructing Consent and Trauma in Gina S. Noer’s Like & Share
In Susan Sontag’s seminal 2003 essay Regarding the Pain of Others, she posited that we live in an era where reality is fundamentally shaped by spectacle. The camera, she argued, provides a window into experiences that would otherwise remain unreachable to the spectator. Yet, this window carries a heavy ethical burden: What separates a work […]
