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Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Beauty work is labeled “self-care” to make it sound progressive.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
experience of womanhood.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Even if you avoid the internet completely—my partner does: he thought #tbt meant “truth be told” for ages—you still live in the world that this internet has created, a world in which selfhood has become capitalism’s last natural resource,
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
When I asked about their views on content moderation, the founders said that, because readers opt in to newsletters—unlike Facebook, there’s no algorithm-based feed—they have relatively less responsibility to get involved
cjr.org • The Substackerati
Who Are We, Really? - The Atlantic
Who Are We, Really? — The Atlantic
Invoke the brat as your muse, it seems, and she’ll dilute the politics of your book down to a mix of provocativeness and uncertainty. Something like “The system is gross, but the people who want to resist or improve it are cringe. And some aspects of the system, like online shopping and racism and fatphobia, might actually be OK? Just kidding! Unle... See more
The Temporary License of Literary Bratdom
But the appearance of a more level playing field is not the fact of it, and everything that happens on the internet bounces and refracts.