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I’ve been watching (and mostly enjoying) the crop of scammer shows (The Dropout, Inventing Anna, WeCrashed) released over the last few months, all of which are in conversation with the past, with each other, with us as viewers, but also with this larger idea of what it takes to succeed in a post-Great Recession, rapid growth capitalism economy. The
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • The Feast of Severance
Neoliberalism was curdling into an I’ve-got-mine-so-fuck-you attitude toward social responsibility, and there was a whole new corner of American media intent on mourning a time when nobody was forced to acknowledge things like inequality, institutional bias, or offensive language. “Political
Andi Zeisler • We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
Byrne is pointing to a change in the American landscape where postindustrial work can be done anywhere, and so places like Virgil must invent completely new reasons for people to stay. As you may have already guessed, small towns will turn to services, mass consumption, and cultural amenities as a new source of both tax revenue and a reason for exi
... See moreDavid A. Banks • The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America
Surrounded by a land of plenty, I couldn’t shake the notion that what I had been given was not enough. So I “borrowed” clothes from other people’s closets. I had an ongoing scam with the Columbia Record & Tape Club
Sarah Hepola • Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
She had been stricken from her marriage, rendered near penniless by the events, and was now an older and disregarded woman. It’s a harrowingly common feeling, even if the details of her experience and solution are particular. We women age, eyes sweep over us in obvious disregard, our moments of confusion are mocked, our knowledge makes us schoolmar
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
our culture has configured women’s liberty as corrosion, and for a long time, there was no way for a woman to be both free and good.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
What would her parents say? The neighbors, her teachers, her friends?
Celeste Ng • Little Fires Everywhere: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller
My Mommies and Me
Searching for the soul of America in Mormon mommy blogger Instagram
Alexandra Tanner
MY MOMMIES have been quiet all week, which is not how I like them. Lolo and her littles Sav and Hunty have taken one of their Silkie chickens to the vet for a broken leg. Jess and her husband Colton are still—still!—waiting for Brynnleigh at 40 weeks
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