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So, let’s talk about balance. Because what we’ve created isn’t intellectualism; it’s just another box to cram ourselves into. We’ve traded the messy joy of authenticity for a checklist of what’s deemed appropriately intellectual.

Seems to me, the obvious attraction of being able to monetize your taste—over putting out a probably-more-interesting letter about your actual life—is leading to a lot of very, very similar Substacks.

When did indulgence, silliness, or even escapism become acts to be scrutinized, judged, and ultimately shamed?

Substack is supposed to be a safe space, a haven for ideas, creativity, and personal musings. But lately, it feels like the vibe has shifted. The vibe shift being - yall keep having intellectual-offs

I think this this is an issue of content creation that we’re seeing on all these platforms — people see others making so much money off of their “unedited” selves and everyone is like “omg this is me too which means that I can do this too and I can show my ‘real, authentic life’ too” leaving the audiences inundated with unoriginal and unnecessary... See more