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taste can be a practice—a result, even, of living authentically.
Haley Nahman • #176: Accounting for taste
Hags — hallway hangs with high school friends, online
Mercedes Bent • Omnichannel Social: How the Pandemic Transformed Social Products
Jia Tolentino’s 2019 essay in The Guardian, “Athleisure, Barre and Kale: the Tyranny of the Ideal Woman”, which resonates even more today: “Most pleasures end up being traps, and every public-facing demand escalates in perpetuity.”
Hannah Marcus • Competitive Wellness
Taylor Lorenz notes "Fast-rising young influencers such as Emma Chamberlain, Jazzy Anne, and Joanna Ceddia all reject the notion of a curated feed in favor of a messier and more unfiltered vibe.”
Lucy Mort • The Gen Z Aesthetic
When she was laid off from her role at a fintech startup in the pandemic panic of early 2020, Paris doubled down on driving traffic to her DePop store to make money. She saw TikTok as an untapped fount of opportunity, and made creating videos for it her full-time job. She posted dozens of times a day, drawing viewers in with her stream-of-conscious... See more