“Narrative Collapse” or the Loss of Storytelling on the Internet

June 15, 2015

From the her.meneutics blog on the Christianity Today website, Amy Julia Becker writes an interesting piece about why some bloggers are calling it quits.  Is it the trolls? Or something else?

“With such a transient, ‘what next?’ mindset, bloggers and tweeters may experience what media theorist Douglas Rushkoff calls “present shock.” In his book of the same name, Rushkoff explains, ‘Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It’s not a mere speeding up… It’s more of a diminishment of anything that isn’t happening right now—and the onslaught of everything that supposedly is.’ Our focus upon the present leads to ‘narrative collapse,’ the end of storytelling, the end of understanding our place in the world as something with a beginning, a middle, and an end.”

Read “Why Bloggers Are Calling It Quits.

Lē Weaver identifies as a non-binary writer, musician, and feminist spiritual seeker. Their work draws attention to: the ongoing trauma experienced by women and LGBTQIA people in this “Christian” society; Christ/Sophia’s desire that each of us move deeper into our own practice of non-violence; and the desperate need to move away from an androcentric conception of God.

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