J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
A floating signifier is a symbol or concept whose meaning can shift depending on the perspectives and agendas of those interpreting it
Taste comes in lanes. To quote Susan Sontag again, “There is taste in people, visual taste, taste in emotion — and there is taste in acts, taste in morality. Intelligence, as well, is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas. One of the facts to be reckoned with is that taste tends to develop very unevenly. It's rare that the same person has good... See more
Notes on “Taste” | Are.na Editorial
At the same time, from the very beginning, the land of the free has also been about the freedom to make and spend money. America put God on our money, but for many Americans, money is God.
The Atlantic
A lot will be said about how Trump voters are wrong to vote for him out of their concern about “the economy.” And obviously, what they mean by “the economy” is their pocketbook, their bank balance. But even if they were right (and they’re not), this is a devastating realization: that so many Americans will shrug about the bodies and the needs of... See more
Kate Manne • Broken Bones: America’s Violent Indifference toward Women
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The opposite of distraction is traction.
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your life – Nir Eyal (via Ali Abdaal)
We live in an era of unraveling scripts