Mallory Tompkins
@mischievousmal
Mallory Tompkins
These are two very different modes of cultural interaction. Charli’s approach invites participation: the memes exist for remixing, the portrayed scene and its participants exist to be followed and engaged with on social media—the culture of Brat is open and participatory, giving anyone a ticket to join the global digital party. Kendrick, on the... See more
Ruby Justice Thelot • In Praise of Gatekeeping
Not giving a fuck if you look cringe is a superpower for the great online game. Like Peter Parker getting bit by a spider, I had my superhero moment with the druggie days. And I’m glad it happened. But you don’t need to go down that path to realize this: internet embarrassment isn’t that bad. Stop living in fear of being called cringe. The fear is... See more
Cringe is The New Cool
The creative writing process as discovering core truths through openness to inspiration and synchronistic guidance from the universe
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And even I didn't know it was a core truth while I was writing. I would say to myself, is that true? That's an interesting way of putting it. Is that true? And they'd say, son of a bitch, that is true.
I remember talking about it all the time and thinking about it all the time while I was writing. It was a joy to sit down and be with that laptop
... See morewe’re going to look back at how we designed the world around computers with the same regret that we look at how we’ve designed cities around cars
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(but also having no trinkets is very acceptable) 🤍
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