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formative introduction to aesthetics. influenced my obsession with brand loyalty, body negativity, and being mean. massie's developed sense of style was very profound to me as a tween. notable concepts:
- all white room with bowl of green apples
- sleigh bed for a dog
- in and out lists
- the kid who wears shorts all year round (very hot to me)
Jan 22, 2024
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I read Sable’s new book in preparation for our interview and I really loved it - she has such a great way of analyzing artifice and trends without making it feel academic. Gorg!
Aug 25, 2024
"Beauty privilege is very real. None of us are imagining it, and if we aren’t born genetic lottery winners, our only option is to compensate with style, grace, and charm. Of course, none of that shit comes cheap. That’s kind of the whole point. It’s all meant to be aspirational and exclusionary. We’re supposed to feel depressed by our skin, agitated by our bodies, and anxious about our invisibility. That’s the insidious subtlety of social control.
The worst part is that we know in our rational minds that it’s all bullshit, and yet we’re still plagued with self-loathing when we can’t live up to unattainable beauty standards. No matter how much self-acceptance we achieve, we can still look in the mirror and instantly catalog all the things about ourselves that we don’t think measure up. It’s maddening. It makes us feel like hypocrites even though it’s not our hypocrisy."
– The Coquette, Ugly-Sexy: Cool? | Adult Mag (2014)
Oct 2, 2024
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This document was more or less the codex for K-HOLE. Genius text over teenage smut. Girls riding horses nude on the beach. Recently, I watched the Netflix documentary on the brand. Wow, nothing got deeper in my lizard brain than Bruce Weber and naked 18 year old Jamie Dornan. A fun tidbit is that the editor of the magazine went to college in my hometown. Suddenly the sexy lax bro’s cavorting in front of the roomie white clapboard lake house made so much sense. I love it all even more now.
Jun 14, 2022
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Definitely doesn’t hurt
Jan 23, 2024
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the low tech look makes me feel really cozy
Jan 24, 2024