Prologue: The Question
I did expect to spend a Tuesday afternoon asking myself whether the most basic biological drive in the human animal—the one responsible for every single person reading this sentence being alive—qualifies as a luxury. A luxury is supposed to be a private jet. A handbag made from the skin of an animal that went extinct last Tuesday. A bottle of water that...
Introduction: The Great Flip
A twelve-second video shows a fully clothed husband kissing his wife's forehead before he leaves for work. No music. No suggestive angles. No skin beyond the face. Within an hour, TikTok removes it for violating "sexual activity" policies. The creator appeals. The appeal is denied. She posts again asking why. That video gets shadowbanned too.
Three days later, a...
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