I've been pointedly refusing to use the term "content creators" to refer to artists anymore, because I want to make art for me and the people I care about, not the endless demands of the algorithm. I'm not trying to Produce Content, I want to make art.
So it is deeply, deeply irritating when I use the word "artist" in a post and it gets endlessly reblogged with people asking "but what about writers? but what about actors? but what about musicians? but what about [x]?"
All types of art are included in the term "artist," god damn it. "Artist" does not just mean "someone who draws pictures."
I don't know why so many people keep taking this post as "yeah, we should come up with a better word for content creators!"
THAT WORD ALREADY EXISTS.
THE WORD IS "ARTIST," Y'ALL.
THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS DAMN POST.
The word "artist" is all-encompassing! By! Definition! We don't need to keep reinventing the fucking wheel!
Do you make art? Any kind of art? Drawings, paintings, comics, novels, songs, dances, photographs, performances, anything creative?
THAT'S ART, BABE. YOU ARE AN ARTIST.
RESIST CAPITALIST COMMODIFICATION OF ART AND CLAIM THE DAMN TITLE.
