The Temporary License of Literary Bratdom
Still, one or two much older people shot optical daggers at the youths who’d shouted; it was unclear whether they knew what self-parody even was.
David Foster Wallace • Oblivion: Stories
Whereas the millennial women of Instagram — the millennial women associated with the “that-girl” trope — would strike the perfect pose and use filters to enhance their natural beauty, Gen-Zs use their phone cameras to distort the natural ideal of the human face, obscuring their features with emojis, cartoon glitter, surreal lighting and other disto... See more
the critic • The death of Ideals
the brat is a living embodiment of feminism as imagined by Gen Z, as infantilizing as it is superficial
This generation doesn’t hide anything from anyone. My class talks a lot about their traumas. And how their traumas inform their games. They, honest to God, think their traumas are the most interesting thing about them. I sound like I’m making fun, and I am a little, but I don’t mean to be. They’re so different from us, really. Their standards are h
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