ALEX QUICHO is a theorist and research director, as well as the author of Girlstack (2023–) and Small Gods (2020). She is based in London.
Drawing on research into feminized aesthetics and the performativity of LLMs, a lecture at Vienna Digital Cultures scours user interactions with AI for our collective desires – among them a little too...
Anyone can get away with war – as long as it looks cute online, that is. What smooths over capitalism’s bloodiest inner workings is it’s most innocent image propaganda: the girl.