At the very minimum, they are people who are – in Susan Sontag’s definition of a writer – “interested in everything”.

Today’s pop culture offers few examples of such people. What we get instead is a superficial and unsatisfying churn of short-term celebs and trends. The space vacated by challenging novels, experimental cinema, and difficult... See more

when did not being stupid become a social offense? ignorance has become an accepted trait, being learned a social faux pas. admitting that you lack even the most basic cultural literacy has become as trendy as owning a pair of tabis.

pretension is out, and we are all worse for it.

any earnest expression of literacy or tastefulness is now painted... See more

you will not shame us for seeing value in the practice of empathizing with people through this work.

there is so much to hate in this world. so much to mourn. it is a miracle that my heart still has the capacity to love; you will not strip me of what little joy i have sequestered for myself for the sake of my sanity. you cannot have our art.

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