Katy Perry’s Blue Origin space mess shows the world is fed up with entitled celebs who think they are owed adoration
(It’s arguable that we could understand the institution of celebrity itself as similarly suspicious: despite the prevailing liberalism of Hollywood, the values of celebrity—visibility, performance, aspiration, extreme physical beauty—promote an approach to womanhood that relies on individual exceptionalism in an inherently conservative way.)
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Writing checks to “explore the frontiers of space”, is the new climbing Everest — another flavor of hero cosplay.
Victoria Buchanan • Vol.17: Victoria Buchanan: Surrealism, World Saving Luxury + Fractional Work
A special moment for humanity as the world gets to watch billionaires play astronauts with the tax money they avoided paying