PinnedJoan WestenbergThe Anxiety EpidemicWhy anxiety is killing us, and how to draw the lineAug 275Aug 275
Joan WestenbergNew Video Essay: How Twitter Became the Loneliest ReichExcited to share my latest video essay with you, exploring what I think is a fucking timely and thought-provoking topic: “The Paradox of…21h ago321h ago3
Joan WestenbergThe Liberation of Letting Go: How to Give Up Your DreamsI’ve spent countless nights lying awake, tossing and turning, wrestling with that age-old question: What am I meant to do with my life…1d ago111d ago11
Joan WestenbergHow the “Thought Experiment” Became the Royal Flush of Intellectual BullshitYou’re scrolling through your social media feed when the ever helpful algorithm serves up a video from some far-right influencer with a…4d ago114d ago11
Joan WestenbergTruth Social, Twitter and the Loneliest Reich“We just want a place where we can speak freely!”5d ago75d ago7
Joan WestenbergTriggered by Trigger Warnings: The Irony of OutrageFew threads have become as tangled and frayed as the debate surrounding trigger warnings. These cautionary labels, intended to alert…6d ago56d ago5
Joan WestenbergThe Bruised Egos of the Intellectual NarcissistsI want to talk about the self-marketed saviors of thought itself. The would-be, wannabe geniuses who think they’ve invented the…Aug 1327Aug 1327
Joan WestenbergAlphas and Anguish: Unmasking the Manosphere’s Exploitation of MenThe Manosphere isn’t your run-of-the-mill internet nonsense.Aug 1114Aug 1114
Joan WestenbergThe Sad, Hollow Outrage of the Moral Panic InfluencersYouTube is full of moral crusaders, wannabe guardians of societal values who scream about the decay of morality from their digital…Aug 813Aug 813