Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
alina stefanescu, writer
alinastefanescuwriter.com
Rest in Peace David Foster Wallace, you would have loved Barbie. We swim in a wretched sea of meaningless mush, and when you have to trudge through nothing but slop all day, every day, it gets harder and harder to not numb out. I really cannot emphasize it enough: there’s so much and it just keeps coming. There’s lots to do. There’s lots to buy. Th... See more
Catherine Shannon • Everyone Is Numbing Out
Invoke the brat as your muse, it seems, and she’ll dilute the politics of your book down to a mix of provocativeness and uncertainty. Something like “The system is gross, but the people who want to resist or improve it are cringe. And some aspects of the system, like online shopping and racism and fatphobia, might actually be OK? Just kidding! Unle... See more
The Temporary License of Literary Bratdom
She put one true word after another and put the words in the portal. All at once they were not true, not as true as she could have made them.
Patricia Lockwood • No One Is Talking About This: A Novel
