beautifully said
turns of phrase worth remembering, sentences that make you feel, or think, or laugh, or cry
beautifully said
The sublime has given way to the garish, the sacred to the profane.
Opinion | Where Did All the Classy Americans Go? — The Wall Street Journal
From WSJ Where Did All the Classy Americans Go? A beautiful line in an otherwise lacking op-ed
@Josh: “Ghetto is just creativity that hasn’t been exploited yet”
Vibes, once warm and fuzzy, were now seismic tectonic plates beneath the feet of culture.
archive.is
an angsty mismatch between personal expectation and economic reality
Opinion | Everything Is for Sale Now. Even Us. (Published 2018)
“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
Cultural Worker, Not A “Creative”
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?
What’s It Like Being a Girl in America?
the dawn of the great uncancelling
There are a few ideas fermenting.
The Talks • Dennis Paphitis: “Life Without Some Excess, Forget It”
Great use of imagery language here.