beautifully said

Vibes, once warm and fuzzy, were now seismic tectonic plates beneath the feet of culture.

an angsty mismatch between personal expectation and economic reality

“Do I remain a revolutionary? Intellectually — without a doubt. But am I prepared to give my body to the struggle or even my comforts?... Comfort has come to be its own corruption.” — Lorraine Hansberry, Black playwright and writer

That essential friction—between how you see yourself and how the world sees you—occupied the thoughts of every girl I spoke to. Coming of age is that moment when awareness descends on you like an itchy wool sweater. How do you move around it? Can you just take it off?

the dawn of the great uncancelling

Each social media network creates a particular kind of teenage star: Those blessed with early-onset hotness are drawn to YouTube