Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
One thing is certain: the authenticity aesthetic served as a cohesive for all of these developments. It tied the spectrum of consumable items, spaces, and identities into a single unified visual experience.
This is a good time to discuss the demand for authenticity and where it comes from. As I hinted at previously, there’s a personal dimension to... See more
This is a good time to discuss the demand for authenticity and where it comes from. As I hinted at previously, there’s a personal dimension to... See more
subpixel space • After Authenticity
something like autoimmune disease or long COVID falls into the third category of illness; it combines biology and biography in ways that are difficult for most of us (whether scientists or laypeople) to conceptualize.
Meghan O'Rourke • The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
“Being an organizer, to me, means seeing the kinds of things that people either are doing or might be able to do, given what their energy and excitement or vulnerability is, and helping people achieve a goal that undoes some aspect of what makes life too difficult or makes it not precious,” says Gilmore. “So that can be anything from organizing
... See moreKelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
What TikTok teens, white collar workers marooned in home offices, and the gatekept super-rich all have in common is the kind of physical isolation, if not the sense of doom, that makes a person desperate just to feel something.
time • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
Mass participation is often a sign that a shift in narrative resonates with many people who believe that the old narrative has outlived its timeliness.
Seth Goldenberg • Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures
This isn't about making strategy heavier. It's about making it more intelligent:
• Not just what's the idea? but what kind of world does this idea help build?
• Not just will it work? but what does "working" cost us in trust, attention, ethics, precedent?
• Not just what's the objective? but what system is this strategy living in and reshaping,
zoe scaman • The Work
It’s what makes women ‘power-hungry’ or ‘manipulative’ where men are ‘ambitious’ and ‘shrewd’.