Keely Adler
@keelyadler
brand strategist by trade; time-traveling futurist at heart. core team @ RADAR. find me most places @keels223.
Keely Adler
But these tasks of meaning making require the small town, precisely, not to change too fast. Meanwhile, we demand that such places upend their entire local economy as soon as their fragile node in the regional economy is disrupted, often by some far-off decision over which the town had no control. It’s impossible. A place will certainly be grumpy... See more
phil christman • Small-Town USA
On the web, spaces open to make experiences of identity and collectivity possible again. The web, thus, is tribalized
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Scrolling displaces observation, shuts out occasions for self-generated thought, silences out-of-the-blue invitations. Checking the phone reroutes the discomfort of blankness and emptiness. It stoppers authentic—often anxious—waiting. And, even more disturbing, scrolling narrows the field of my curiosity.
Lia Purpura • The Ecology of Attention
Might it be that the kinds of knowledge we most need today are the kinds of knowledge that arise from women getting together in person, away from the male gaze?
Jonathan Rowson • Witch Envy
Sam Valenti IV (@sv4) started independent record label Ghostly International in 1999 after years in the Detroit club scene, carrying records for legendary DJ House Shoes and playing gigs with Mike Servino. Ghostly’s first release was Matthew Dear’s funky house track “Hands Up For Detroit.” Two decades later, he’s gathered that label’s evolution... See more
instagram.comThe proliferation of “-core” style nicknames reminds me of what Kaitlyn Tiffany described as a staple of digital life, dating back to MySpace, Tumblr, and BuzzFeed quizzes: the urge to identify with esoteric aesthetic subcultures such as “cottagecore” and “romantic academia” and “pastel goth” because you want to locate your niche and belong... See more
No Bells • Deep-internet bubbles: How microgenres are taking over SoundCloud
Watching these shows, there’s a sense of someone whispering look what you made me do. They can’t decide whether their heroes are deluded assholes or low-key aspirational #goals. In some narratives, that sort of ambivalence is compelling; in these shows, it mostly feels hazy, like the ethical compass of the show itself is spinning wildly,
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • The Feast of Severance
Logical cover story: A logical framework created to justify a choice or belief that obfuscates (or outright hides) the root emotion that motivates the choice or belief.