perfect scentences

His negligence with me feels violent, his lack of response feels violent. After all, any calculation is a form of violence—just as my calling his violence violence is violence, but self-defense begs to be judged by an entirely different standard

That $100,000 diploma has nothing to do with education and everything to do with the credential that puts you in a different boarding group for the rest of your career.

Airports are temples of hierarchy, to the point that the pecking orders are broadcast over the intercom

many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers

Parenting is an arms race of enrichment activities

Now I’m lugging around this bag of laundry like it’s a dead body. Because it is a dead body

From a political perspective, it is probably easier to control people who are interested in furniture and wallpaper than people who are interested in clothes.

A civilized society does not heap furry sex memes on top of a grave.

A particular sinking horror intrudes, scaled proportionately to whether the broken thing is a pen or an aortic valve or a marriage.