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There is a new buzzword in marketing, advertising, and generally anything business-related in China, “活人感” (lit. sense of the living). It is a mix of brand personality and a pushback against the “dead internet theory”.
How Douyin brought livestream to Jingdezhen, China's Porcelain Capital
Winnicott on the Qualities of a Healthy Mind and a Healthy Relationship
Maria Popovathemarginalian.orgOn love, limerence, and other-significant-others
“I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being,” James Baldwin wrote in one of his finest essays. “I am aware that we do not save each other very often. But I am also aware that we save each other some of the time.”
- the concept of inverse charisma:
E. M. Forster wrote, “To speak to him was to be seduced by an inverse charisma, a sense of being listened to with such intensity that you had to be your most honest, sharpest, and best self.”
What's in the cards?
Clichés are just a cynic's characterisation of timeless and essential wisdom.
The person those entries were about hasn’t crossed my mind in months. But, at the moment, it was potent. It was real to me. Now? I couldn’t even tell you what the color of their eyes were. Isn't that just the most 20-something, melodramatic moment of intensity? Where it feels like both nothing and everything matters? I live, live, live for that.
Harry Lada • Someone Break My Heart PLEASE!!!!!!!
In a world where care can feel like a sparse resource, the dream of finding “the one” evokes a fantastical reverie, in which one is promised lightness and ease. If only, the right person could arrive, and we can relax into fully being seen, held, and resourced for the rest of our days.
This mindset is one I have been grappling with for much of my... See more
This mindset is one I have been grappling with for much of my... See more
Romance: a function of privatization in Domination culture
On love, limerence, and other-significant-others and Culture Studies
“More and more, I am recognizing that how we culturally see romance is imbued with subtle forms of ownership, entitlement to resources, and the disintegration of village life.”
“Are your opinions your own or are they borrowed, without thought or scrutiny, as you have been too lazy to form your own?”
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Jacob Falkovich says that single people often seek out similarity when complementarity is what makes relationships cohere long-term. It’s a great observation. But how to operationalize it? Maybe: look for someone you can’t initially understand, but also don’t feel like walking away from.