đ
I read Resistance Through Rituals in this incredible class while studying in London. The book features a collection of essays with titles like: âStyle,â âDoing Nothing,â and âThe Cultural Meaning of Drug Use.â Really resonant stuff. This book is my Bible and one of my favorite gifts to give. Tom Sachs is in possession of my first copy and Iâm pretty sure he fucks with it too.
Oct 28, 2021
Related Recs
đ
the first is Becca Rothfieldâs book of essays all things are too small â really beautifully written with intriguing ideas about contemporary culture and consumption and excess and minimalism. mildly esoteric at times, but Iâm a sucker for aesthetic and affective analysis soâŠ.
the second is from the book 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics, and Practice, which is a FABULOUS collection altogether. The specific essay that I legitimately have not stopped thinking about since I read it 5+ years ago is âModern Yoga Will Not Form a Real Culture Until Every Studio Can Also Double as a Soup Kitchenâ by Matthew Remski. 10/10 recommend as a yogi but also as someone fascinated by collectivity, compassion, and contemporary culture.
Sep 30, 2024
â
Essay in N+1 by Tobi Haslett about the 2020 protests.
âWhat elasticity, what historical initiative, what a capacity for sacrifice in these Parisians!â Marx gasped in a letter when news reached him that the members of the Paris Commune had repelled the imperial army and abolished the police; he said they were âstorming heaven.â And a version of that thoughtâââa degraded, baffled paraphraseâââflashed to mind as I saw the masked children of New York slam their skateboards against police vans and throw themselves at lines of officers packing guns and shields and nightsticks; chanting the name of a dead man while sprinting with hundreds down an avenue, Iâd never felt an ecstasy more complicated or a freedom less false. On a plateglass window in SoHo, someone graffitied, simply, âGEORGE!â So many of the faces I saw streaking through spring and summerâââlit by burning cars and reflected in broken windows, doing victory laps around sneaker stores and bloodied by batonsâââbelonged to adolescents. Armed only with their psychotic courage, they were running, dancing, singing, smashing, burning, screaming, storming heaven: all rapturous varieties of Barakaâs âmagic actions.â
Jan 10, 2024
đ
plus:
London-based post-punk of the 2010s
The Maoist period of Jean-Luc Godard (1967-1979)
The anti-revisionist leftist movements of the post-1968s American left and 1968 organizations in general
I could go on about all four for hours on end, these are just the most I've accumulated pages of notes and literature about
Apr 5, 2024
Top Recs from @jake-booth
đ„Ș
October is inarguably the greatest month in NYC. Itâs my birthday month, itâs when the leaves begin to turn, and the air feels good on your skin. I like to celebrate all of these things with a sandwich in one hand and a spliff in other, sittin on a park bench. In Tompkins I rock a Foxface smoked rib sandwich and in Washington Square I rock the clean turkey from Court St.
Oct 28, 2021
đ
Over time, the cotton of these t-shirts erode while the synthetic material remains intact resulting in the perfectly thin, semi sheer summer garment. Use keyword âpaper thinâ when searching for these things on eBay, Etsy, etc.
Oct 28, 2021
đ„€
I begin every morning with mango, acai, banana, spinach, and ginger blended up into silky frozen goodness. Just drop the whole root in. Then I balance the smoothie with bacon, hash browns, eggs, and ketchup.
Oct 28, 2021