hot tub meta, the manosphere, and why everyone is a camgirl online

a video essay on twitch’s hot tub meta controversy and what it reveals about the manosphere, labor in the attention economy, and the condition of being online adapted from an essay i wrote for Dirt: dirt.fyi/article/2023/11/pools-hot-tubs-and-beaches special thanks to Charlie Markbreiter charlie’s substack: charliesblog1.substack.com substack: akhilvaidya.substack.com tiktok: @akhilvaidya instagram: @akhilvaidya graphics by @bobbottlenyc 0:00 - intro 3:28 - gamer, interrupted 10:06 - the camgirl economy 15:38 - everyone is a girl online 19:06 - final thoughts sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GrzII7RBT9QR7GrpWom7sbBozirh9PGcORf3T_p7g6w/edit?usp=sharing