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Bring back hatchet jobs! But for like Substacks and blogs. Oyler's is fun, mainly skewering Tolentino herself (funny!) but I want to see people fighting in formal prose about pieces with subtitles like "summer blues, exâs, home depot, loss, and cantaloupe,â and âfalling in love with the stains in my microwaveâ â things like that. Toooo much uncritical reposting on Instagram stories and not enough "OKAY lazy metaphor ALERT." We need to be better writers.
But also we should be cringy. We just need to be careful.
Jan 27, 2024
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I watched Becca Rothfeld accept a National Book Critics Circle award last night and she thanked her ânemesisâ in the audience and I canât help but wonderâŠ.
Mar 22, 2024
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Itâs rare to read sharply worded, negative reviews nowadays, and I get it. Writing (and publishing) negative criticism can feel like the most thankless, isolating work in journalism. Few writers are eager to subject themselves to torrents of internet backlash or risk access to artistsâ camps, especially to further a form often said to be outmoded by the general populace. But, as many have persuasively argued, it is essentialâ and perhaps now more than ever, given its diminishing presence in media.Itâs been a relief lately to see younger voices like Constantly Hating (Substack), Antiart (Instagram), and Gabi Belle (Youtube) emerge in new outlets, offering sometimes clumsy but always entertaining takes. Nothing satisfies like a warranted pan backed by a well-argued thesis. It lends color and character to the author, raises stakes and standards for artists, and catalyzes necessary discourse. It also helps frustrated listeners feel seen (and see each other).
Mar 19, 2024
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Just touching the glowing menus and walking up to the windows. It's like being naked
Jan 27, 2024
One of my favorite sketches because it taught me what a blancmange is and that Scotts are bad at tennis. I never really thought about these things before watching Monty Python's "Blancmanges Playing Tennis" sketch, but now I hold them in my heart.
Jan 27, 2024