Paglia

Paglia, also known as Paglia: A World of Straw Bales was an online community first founded in 2003 with the creation of the IRC channel. It subsequently expanded to an online forum (Paglia Free Community, 2004), a website (PagliaSite, 2004), a sort-of web-television (Paglia TV, on YouTube, 2007).

The main topics of discussion in which the community was involved included both serious (music, cinema, television, philosophy, social changes, computers, file-sharing technologies, marijuana etc.), and comedic themes (politcs, memes, comic books, alternate history scenarios, comedic blasphemy, etc.). Users had the possibility to publish their own articles on a theme of their choosing. Several of these were then discussed on the forum.

The communications exchanges between users in the community were known for the strong dark-comedic tone used both on the IRC channel and the online forum. The online site also provided reviews of musical albums and LP, with particular attention to the indie genre and underground punk-hardcore scene. Several young bands released their first works online through the Straw Bales Mp3 portal.

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