July State of the Internet with Chelsea Riffe: Yesteryear Debrief, Influencer Hate (or Misogyny?), Meta AI Glasses, and Another AI Debacle

<p>Chelsea and I were frothing to record this State of the Internet July breakdown, because this was a TRUE &quot;WTF is going on&quot; month!</p><p>Today&#39;s report includes:</p><ul><li>Our takes on Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke — what was the book REALLY about? Tradwife influencers? Motherhood? Performing womanhood? We get into it and what it means in a broader cultural context.</li><li>Is &quot;influencer&quot; an insult? We respond to this Reel by Levi Coralynn who addresses the topic, and dive into the overlap between influencers, capitalism and misogyny<br>Meta Glasses — Chelsea shares her theory about why these will never take off in the way Zuck deludes, Xanthe shares her take on how they&#39;ve positioned these culturally, and we have to wonder... who (and what?) are these really for?</li><li>Plus loads of other AI headlines, including Substack&#39;s partnership with Pangram to detect AI writing, the backlash against Meta&#39;s gen AI tool, and how did we get to the point of &quot;Claudefishing&quot;, where you can have Claude create videos of you from a single image<br></li></ul><p>BIG ep today! We discuss everything through the lens of online leadership, digital behavior, and modern philosophy.<br></p><p>You’ll leave with clear takeaways to move forward with, as well as a deeper understanding of how these topics are already impacting the conversations you’re leading, online and off.<br></p><p>The internet is chaos — we&#39;ll help you make sense of it from our corner of it all.<br></p><p>Connect with Xanthe:</p><ul><li>Join <a href="https://ohsierra.ca/social-life" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Social Life</a> and use code CHELSEA for $10 off any membership! It&#39;s the social media + content strategy membership to stop second guessing your social media shit and become the sought-after creator you&#39;re meant to be</li><li>Check out the <a href="https://ohsierra.ca/carousels" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Leadership Lifestyle Carousel Templates</a> — strategic templates designed with your audience&#39;s reaction in mind</li><li><a href="https://ohsierra.ca/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Links to all of Xanthe&#39;s offers</a>: including Leisure Ethic Planner, Content Planner and more</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect With Chelsea:</p><ul><li><a href="https://luma.com/cal781ep" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Pitch Perfect Celebration of Life</a></li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/46sFOpt34jKVVmbWZVM2FH?si=9cc66f08a3794bbe" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Notes From The New World Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://chelsea-riffe.myflodesk.com/newsletter" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Read Footnotes</a>: a weekly-ish newsletter filled with rabbit holes and questions that keep me up at night</li><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseariffe/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠@chelseariffe⁠</a></li><li>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@chelseariffe?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@chelseariffe</a></li></ul>