I, We, Kamala: a Post-Modern analysis of Kamala Harris by Franck Ribery

Kamala Harris is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Harris is a woman seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors she is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Obama– the wholesome liberal president superman, you reflect him to create Biden – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Obama to create Trump – Obama turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Harris is the true nowhere woman, without the other presidents she reflects, inverts and parodies. She has no reason to exist. Harris' identity only comes from what and who she isn’t – without a wider frame of reference she is nothing. She is not her own woman. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Kamala Harris.