Danielle Vermeer

The system itself — which, like so many corners of the American labor market, still assumes the support of a partner that does not work full-time outside of the home. If you have that support, you will excel. If you don’t, you either have to make enough money to buy it, or you will (perhaps in slow motion, but inevitably) drown.

Not all attention and views are created equal. Ryan at Perpetual wrote a newsletter on why Mr. Beast has fewer followers than PewDiePie and yet Pew makes $9M while Mr. Beast makes $100M+ a year. The difference? Attention vs Intention. From Ryan:

Attention is cheap . It’s easy to grab. Even easier to fake.  The impact: revenue doesn’t scale.

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Research by environmental charity Wrap shows that extending the life of an item of clothing by just nine months could cut its environmental impact by up to 10 percent.

Shein is to Wario as Depop is to Mario.

this article by @raynefq about the self being more consumable and how young women are susceptible to the tropes of a familiar identity as shown by 'complex female characters' https://t.co/lfCPMFhdBj