As more and more disdain forms towards young people's usage of social media, a growing campaign of pushback seeks to turn our concern toward the spaces we occupy in the real world--namely, how much lonelier and costlier they are becoming at the hands of capitalist urbanization.

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Ray Oldenburg (1989). “The Great Good Place”

TikTok by theeldestgenz: https://www.tiktok.com/@theeldestgenz/video/7204868501369064750

School-to-Prison Pipeline graphic by ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/issues/juvenile-justice/school-prison-pipeline/school-prison-pipeline-infographic

Ileana Garnand (2023). “‘Young people are being harmed’: the effect of anti-trans legislation” https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/young-people-harmed-anti-trans-legislation/

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Knott’s and Kings Island’s new chaperone policies: https://www.knotts.com/code-of-conduct https://www.visitkingsisland.com/code-of-conduct

Eric Liu quote taken from NPR’s Morning Edition (2023). “Why the U.S. surgeon general says feeling lonely could lead to an early death” https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173612050/why-the-u-s-surgeon-general-says-feeling-lonely-could-lead-to-an-early-death

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Jordan G. Teicher (2014). “The Glories of 19th-Century Paris”. https://slate.com/culture/2014/02/photos-document-paris-modernization-in-the-exhibition-charles-marville-photographer-of-paris-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art.html

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Ashish Valentine (2020). “'The Wrong Complexion For Protection.' How Race Shaped America's Roadways And Cities”. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/05/887386869/how-transportation-racism-shaped-america

James Baldwin clip about urban renewal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Abhj17kYU

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MilesdeCiudades - “Ciudades desiguales - Segregación urbana”. https://youtu.be/7llDIaMIbT4?si=ofmFp12gPv0LnlKx

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Retro Stripes Monitor Screen Video by Free Stock Footage Archive: https://freestockfootagearchive.com/retro-monitor-screen-project-file/


Clips featured in the intro: “The Nanny”, “Hey Arnold!”, “Xanadu” (1980), “Saturday Night Fever” (1977), “Grease” (1978), “Back to the Future” (1985)