Girl Employee

Welcome back to girl employee. This month, we'll share some thoughts we produced on the history of podcasts and why sound now, produced in the context of a performance at the Salzburg Modern Museum.


A performance part of Listen to It Like You Haven’t Been Born Yet, Tell It as if You Are Still in the Surrogate Womb

How deeply are we attuned to the technological systems we place ourselves in and we place in ourselves? This program will focus on the role of platform capitalism in shaping and orienting users’ bodies, gender, and sexuality. Combining performance, participatory experience, and live podcast, the evening will bring together the artists Agnė Jokšė and Ofri Cnaani and the researcher-creators Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart. 

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Welcome to the 13th episode of GirlEmployee, a podcast where Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart discuss topics around visual culture and platform capitalism. Today, Carmen is presenting her latest research on the subject of AI pornbots and the personalized porn industry.  We will discuss the technicities and possibilities of such advancements, as well as the perspective of "authentic" still automated intimacy. 

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Welcome to the 12th episode of GirlEmployee, a podcast where Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart discuss topics around visual culture and platform capitalism. Today, we're discussing the platform CANVA and its template, designs, and accessibility. We'll also dive a little deeper into the concept of "design classicism" and the history of desktop designing/design software. 

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Welcome to the 11th episode of GirlEmployee, a podcast where Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart discuss topics around visual culture and platform capitalism. Today, we're discussing the possibility of boosting our posts on IG to reach a broader audience and the ideological contradictions that come with doing platform criticism on platforms. 

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Welcome to the 10th episode of GirlEmployee, a podcast where Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart discuss topics around visual culture and platform capitalism. Today, we're discussing the recent merge between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard and its possible metaphorical meaning for the times we're living in. 

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During this 9th episode, we will discuss the history of MMOs and how their business models shifted over time, leading online players to question issues related to fairness, meritocracy, but also political ideologies.  

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The book Cycles, the Sacred and the Doomed has been published!

You can order it here :

https://www.setmargins.press/books/cycles-the-sacred-and-the-doomed/

'In a world propelled by swift technological progress and perpetual obsolescence, women frequently find themselves adapting and altering their daily experiences to remain functional. In the 21st century, as technology purports to comprehensively assess and address women’s conditions and physical discomfort, Cycles, the Sacred, and the Doomed delves deeply into the realm of female health technologies, revealing a space where science, holistic methods, and mythology converge. This book challenges the idea of combining ancient wisdom with modern innovation and takes readers on a multidisciplinary journey to explore the intricacies of female health.'

During this 8th episode, we will co-read a piece of text interwoven with references from the book, leading you to discover some of the key topics and tones of the literary piece. 

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Welcome to the seventh episode of GirlEmployee, a podcast where Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart discuss topics around visual culture and platform capitalism. Today, Carmen will introduce us to the world of the TV show Love is Blind and its tales, and speculative finance. Welcome to the world of distancing, pod-enhancers, and monogamous story-telling.

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Welcome to the sixth episode of GirlEmployee, a podcast where Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart discuss topics around visual culture and platform capitalism. Today, we're discussing AI lovers and partnerships with artist and researcher Amy Boulton.

@amyboulton_
amyboulton.info

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Welcome to the fifth episode of GirlEmployee, a podcast where Carmen Hines and Morgane Billuart discuss topics around visual culture and platform capitalism. Today, we're discussing a topic that is very dear to us and that brought us together. Welcome to the world of  Femtech and its possible glitches within our economy.

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