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Gift Guides Are Terrible And Useless
We just can't have nice things -- even when someone tries to round up nice things
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Our closets are in chaos. Good.
By their shifting wardrobes ye shall know a generation's shifting values
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You Are Not Free to Move About the Country
It's a small thing, but Southwest Airlines' announcement to start charging for luggage really points to bigger issues in the U.S.
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A Crackpot Theory on Halloween Merch
I don't think it's a coincidence that we've embraced autumn while the world burns
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The Dead Influencers Club
Cleaving to icons of a previous age is an act of pessimism
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As Go the Beach Readers, So Goes the Country
When summer beach reads normalize formerly hot-button topics, it's a sign of some social shift among an uncool but influential group.
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Drawing Connections Slowly, Then All At Once
The Modern Web is optimized by and for algorithms, not people. I want to bring back old-school randomness once a week.
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Step One: Shiplap. Step Two: ??? Step Three: Profit!
The branding bungles of Warner Brothers Discovery were entirely preventable -- and could be very expensive if not corrected.
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The cool girl is dead, long live the cool girl
What it means to be a cool girl is another cultural artifact up for debate in 2021
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Forget a vibe change, we're in a zeitgeist shift
I hope you're not tired of cultural churn, because the signs and portents are pointing to a few new ideas and attitudes about to go mainstream
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On Social Media & the Allure of Outsourcing One's Thinking
Which social media site will tell me what to think now? I mean, I guess I could go full Instagram but I like vaccines ...
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All You Own Are Your Own Words
A recent bout of bad-faith discourse around leaving Twitter for Bluesky points to a bigger cultural disconnect around why and how we connect with others
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