sparks

One thing I have been thinking about since I gave birth is the range of spiritual qualities that are implicit in physical pain — the way it enforces a sort of presence that melts down the world around you. And the irony of how its sibling sensation, emotional pain, persuades (at least in my experience) just the opposite: an evacuation from the... See more

Today, I can barely tell anyone apart. Many of the Substacks I follow use these big, figurative words that don’t really make sense in an attempt to go viral, which on this platform means getting subscribers and notes and comments. It’s like there’s this internet language that “works” for engagement (literal language, but also sense of style, and a... See more

Me-As-A-Service