Diaries with Debby Friday

you'll always be famous: on the spectacle of it all

talking about fame and spectacle, Lena Dunham's new memoir "Famesick", Guy Debord, mental health and trauma, virality, narcissism and why everyone wants to be famous. ------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:01:30] Lena Dunham's memoir, "Famesick" [00:04:31] Fame in History and Modernity [00:14:21] The democratization of fame and The Society of The Spectacle [00:20:53] Why Does Everyone Want to be Famous? [00:32:38] Parasocial relationships and digital reality [00:38:15] Closing thoughts ------------- Music: Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 (American), Mov. III, Op. 96 The Society of The Spectacle by Guy Debord https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381440.The_Society_of_the_Spectacle [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381440.The_Society_of_the_Spectacle] Famesick by Lena Dunham https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52545816-famesick?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52545816-famesick?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8] —--------------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

body technology: what does it mean to be human in a digital world?

talking about the body and technology, social media, Marshall McLuhan, looksmaxxing, the economy, Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" essay, and what does it mean to be human in an electric world? ---------------------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:03:00] Marshall McLuhan and "The Medium is the Message" [00:06:12] What does the medium of social media produce in us? [00:07:40] Pillar 1: Attention as the central economic unit [00:09:09] Pillar 2: Collapse of context via endless scroll [00:11:40] Pillar 3: Dominance of the image over experience [00:14:05] Pillar 4: Identity as a modular and public [00:15:46] Technology as an extension of the body [00:19:48] Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" and the new body economy [00:27:07] The "looksmaxxing" industrial complex [00:38:02] Finding hope in the return to the body ------------------------------------------------- Music: Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage] Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media] "Body Futurism" by Toby Shorin https://writing.tobyshorin.com/body-futurism/ [https://writing.tobyshorin.com/body-futurism/] A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6748.A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I_ll_Never_Do_Again?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6748.A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I_ll_Never_Do_Again?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12] —--------------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

the artist at the end of the world

talking about art vs entertainment, industry and its economic structures, rupture, Mark Carney, truth, beauty, Hannah Arendt, Theodor Adorno, why the artist must be a thinker, Simone Weil, and moreeee. --------------------------- Cover Image: Dallas, Texas, USA, 1981 (photography by Alex Webb) Intro Music By: Por Una Cabeza - 4Cellists Mark Carney Davos Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBkNX1-cbg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBkNX1-cbg] Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127226.Between_Past_and_Future [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127226.Between_Past_and_Future] Theodor Adorno, The Culture Industry https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment] FKA twigs on falling in love with techno and the pressures of performing https://youtu.be/HqK6tW_KGws?si=z5rVp-kRQIzxoQD2 [https://youtu.be/HqK6tW_KGws?si=z5rVp-kRQIzxoQD2] Love in The Void: Where God Finds Us by Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void] ---------------------------------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ [https://debbyfriday.substack.com/] instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday] spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5]

void space: logging off and being online

talking about logging off, being online, history of the internet, in-between-ness, TikTok, Solvej Balle's "On The Calculation of Volume I", unreality, social media, time loops and moreeeee. ------------------------------- Cover Photo: https://pin.it/5rYiwdhyD [https://pin.it/5rYiwdhyD] Music: Lady Macbeth - Justin Allan Arnold Alex Beightol (on Tik Tok) https://www.tiktok.com/@abaetol [https://www.tiktok.com/@abaetol] On The Calculation Of Volume I by Solvej Balle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208511270-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208511270-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i] ---------------------------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ [https://debbyfriday.substack.com/] instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday] spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5]

what's the point?: the work of your life

talking about finding meaning, the development of the soul, potential, unreality, work and labour, David Graeber, financialization, abstraction, the AI economy, Simone Weil, and how to make your work the work of your life, etc. ------- Music: The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artwork: https://ca.pinterest.com/pin/25614291624353854/ Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt Something Ominous Is Happening In The AI Economy, written by Rogé Karma https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025/12/nvidia-ai-financing-deals/685197/ -------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5