Ugly 2013 Instant

2013 was the year Miley Cyrus "broke" Disney. At the VMAs, she twerked on Robin Thicke (wearing those god-awful foam fingers). Society had a collective meltdown. It was the birth of "How can I make you angry online?" content. The discourse was ugly. The performance was ugly. The foam finger was the ultimate "Ugly 2013" artifact.

Directed by Anurag Kashyap, this Hindi-language thriller premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013. The Hollywood Reporter ugly 2013

But was 2013 genuinely an “ugly” year? Or is memory playing a trick on us? To answer this, we need to dissect the aesthetic, technological, psychological, and cultural ingredients that made 2013 the most aesthetically volatile year of the 21st century. 2013 was the year Miley Cyrus "broke" Disney

, though there are several academic papers from that year exploring "ugliness" in social and technical contexts. It was the birth of "How can I make you angry online

In 2013, you took a photo in a dirty mirror, wearing a sweater with an owl on it, holding a Starbucks Frappuccino, with your friend making bunny ears behind you. You posted it without checking the lighting. And it got twelve likes.