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In our culture, trends die young.
Grant McCracken • The Gravity Well Effect
follower inflation.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
People like Nat Eliason, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Pieter Levels, and Tiago Forte have earned status
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
But so much of that amenability—that need to please, that lack of acting out—stemmed from a posture of fear.
Anne Helen Petersen • Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
it doesn’t have to be this way. We can create infrastructures of care — on both a societal and community level.
Anne Helen Petersen • Forced to Care
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import. It’s also a personal matter, because when we reclaim the stories that surround female celebrities, stories surrounding ordinary women are reclaimed, too.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
the age of the celebutante
John Seabrook • The Song Machine: How to Make a Hit
Ann Friedman (especially for her piece, “Not Every Hobby Is a Side Hustle”),