one thing that sucks about being into art in internet culture is like. the whole reason im into in like, an academic sense, is that there is shit all in an academic sense and i think that’s a goddamn crime. but like… that does not mesh at all with trying to talk about shit in acadamia/the art world. they have all these structures and stuff that they rate importance by or whatever, and art in internet culture just does not have that, at all. 

and i mean, that’s part of why it’s so interesting!!! it’s art, fantastic art, that does not pull from centuries of art history!! it’s got whole new ideas and ways of doing things!! people view art differently!!! i love it!!! 

but people are like “oh who are the famous artists” and like uhhhhh… well i like homestuck fanart… 

like there are no people who are legit famous and known by everyone. sure, people are popular! but it just doesnt work like that. it just doesnt. (and here i could talk about one of the most interesting things about art in internet culture, which is how everyone is an amateur, essentially, and there is basically no barrier to entry)

anyway like. academics want to see academic writing, not some rando’s blog post. but the rando blog post is saying things that are better and more interesting and more insightful than academia.