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By Charlie on December 1, 2015 11:08 AM | 8 Comments
"The Elf on the Shelf is preparing your child to live in a future police state, professor warns":
Because of course it was
By Charlie on December 1, 2015 11:08 AM | 8 Comments
"The Elf on the Shelf is preparing your child to live in a future police state, professor warns":
For some, the Elf on the Shelf doll, with its doe-eyed gaze and cherubic face, has become a whimsical holiday tradition -- one that helpfully reminds children to stay out of trouble in the lead-up to Christmas.
For others -- like, say, digital technology professor Laura Pinto -- the Elf on the Shelf is "a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and" [deep breath] "reify hegemonic power."
The paper was published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. For others -- like, say, digital technology professor Laura Pinto -- the Elf on the Shelf is "a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and" [deep breath] "reify hegemonic power."
Because of course it was
