Sheely and special guest Cognac discuss the post-wedding, Valentines Day, and #cecedies episodes of Gossip Girl. Topics include surveillance and legitimacy, the anatomy and change of institutions, subcultural knowledge, inheritance law, and real vs. enacted grief.
Includes spoilers for Downton Abbey Season 2 and the Wire.
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References
Levi et al: Conceptualizing Legitimacy, Measuring Legitimating Beliefs
Subcultural Handshakes: Rao: Peak Attention and the Colonization of Subcultures
Delta Parameters: Ostrom and Crawford, “A Grammar of Institutions”