Saved by Keely Adler
The death of Ideals
Last week, The Cut reported on the rise of #MonkMode, a TikTok-fueled aesthetic and lifestyle shift where mostly young women romanticize monastic living (single beds, stone cells, quiet rituals) as a rejection of hustle culture and algorithmic optimization. While the hashtag originally targeted men seeking discipline, Gen Z women are reimagining it... See more
#MonkMode and Sephora Kids-Core
an emblem of a generation starving for purpose while gorging on spectacle.
Spencer Kornhaber • What the Men of the Internet Are Trying to Prove
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