Baddie Winkle

Stealing your man since 1928

RELEVANCE

• Example of 'Instafame'

• Transition from 'Instafame' to 'Celebrity'

• Opposing the  physical perfection we normally see in these types of Instagram accounts

• Baddie Winkle describes her own Instagram activities as "Reclaiming her sense of self"

RQ1

RQ 1: Which characteristics shown in the /baddiewinkle Instagram account have caused Baddie Winkle to become Instafamous?

Hypothesis: Baddie Winkle possesses certain characteristics that are displayed in her Instagram photos that helped her to become Instafamous.

RQ2

RQ 2: Are there reasons to believe that Baddie Winkle is perceived by her followers as an authentic person? Which qualities shown in her account influence this perception?

Hypothesis: The success of the /baddiewinkle account can be linked to her display of authenticity, originality, irony and vulnerability.

RQ3

RQ 3: What message is Baddie Winkle sending to her audience by displaying her body in the way that she does?

Hypothesis: By displaying the aging and decaying body, Baddie Winkle manages to distinguish herself from other Instagram celebrities. The way she displays her body is an important part of her brand.

There is nothing more intimate than watching death approach. The self constitutes itself in the face of and in constant anticipation of its death.

CONNECTION TO THE COURSE

Instafame

• Alice Marwick: Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the Attention Economy

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The (female) body

• Rosalind Gill: Postfeminist media culture: elements of a

  sensibility

• (?) George Bataille: erotism: death and sensuality (?)

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Authenticity (and intimacy)

• Golomb: In search of authenticity

• Charles Taylor: The ethics of authenticity

• ?

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Other literature

• Foucault and Heidegger about the authenticity in death (or 'the face of death')

• Literature about irony and vulnerability (any tips?)

Questions and/

or advice?