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The 'Artist' Defense: How the Influencer Label Became a Smear and a Shield
The reflexive defense of every online figure as an artist obscures both what art is and what the influencer economy actually rewards. The discourse tells us more about the accusers than the accused.
This publication noted that the wire framed the exchange primarily as a personality conflict; the analysis above treats the structural dynamic as the more durable story.
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