Description
Facebook operates as a social media platform where users post personal incidents, such as Kevin's breastfeeding mishap, to spread gossip and manage public relations. Liz urges Kevin to share the story there for visibility. She also uses it to search for and track down past partners and their wives, turning it into a tool for personal investigations amid social tensions.
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
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MOTHERLAND
Leftovers, Omelettes and a Public Reckoning
Facebook is invoked by Liz as a tool for tracking past lovers and airing private histories publicly—symbolic of modern reputational currency used to challenge reputations within the mothers' circle.
Active Representation
Mentioned verbally by Liz as a practical investigative tool and means of public disclosure; not physically present but rhetorically active.
Power Dynamics
An external technology that can destabilize local social power by exposing private behaviour to wider networks; potential equalizer and threat.
Institutional Impact
Represents the modern mechanism through which private affairs can become public, shifting power away from localized gatekeepers and enabling reputational retaliation.
Organizational Goals
Enable information retrieval and public disclosure (as invoked rhetorically)
Serve as a platform for reputational leverage or revenge (implied)
Influence Mechanisms
Visibility and archival of personal history
Connectivity that allows social narratives to be amplified beyond the immediate group