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They called it

Don’t shrink yourself for anyone. But if you do? At least make it art. Have you seen the Kate Bloom edits? Or am I losing my mind in the archives? Drop a comment below. exxxtrasmall kate bloom

By: Nostalgia Filter | Posted: April 13, 2026 They called it Don’t shrink yourself for anyone

Her most famous (or infamous) piece was a 14-minute short titled Lint . In it, Bloom plays a woman who cleans her apartment obsessively while listening to voicemails from her mother. It was raw, unpolished, and very, very real. Around 2014, a user on a now-defunct forum began splicing Bloom’s dialogue from Lint into a bizarre deep-fake (well before deep-fakes were a term). They distorted her voice to a high-pitched squeak, digitally shrunk her figure in the frame, and added exaggerated, lo-fi sound effects. Have you seen the Kate Bloom edits