bring back gatekeeping (hold on, we can explain) | the junk room

welcome to the junk room! junkee media's new vodcast, where we pick apart cultural trends and moments with our signature pov: as journalists and fans. for our first ep, pretty please lower your pitchforks for 16 minutes. we're taking a lil retrospective on "gatekeeping", how it's been fit for purpose in different spaces over the past few decades, and how it may even be time to... bring it back? obviously not the BAD kind that provokes a sense of elitism or unjustified exclusivity, but when it comes to curating and creating a high level of quality, encouraging personal development of creative style and identity, and protecting fan spaces from being put on the jumbotron, junkee hosts and journalists lia and frank sift through it all in this episode of the junk room. 0:00 join us in the junk room! 00:46 gatekeeping in different eras 02:41 the good, the bad, and the ugly of gatekeeping in pop culture coverage 04:15 what happens when the algorithm is the new gatekeeper 07:16 fandom gatekeeping and why it feels so personal 09:56 pls consider this wholesome alternative to gatekeeping 11:48 algorithms breaking down the barriers between online fan spaces 13:04 keeping personal style PERSONAL (or not?) 14:42 microtrends vs creative self-discovery 16:12 to gatekeep or not gatekeep junkee head of editorial: sophie hanson producer: lia kim hosts: lia kim and frank tremain junkee media would like to acknowledge the gadigal people of the eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land and pay our respects to elders past and present