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Mattel, Malibu Stacy, and the Dialectics of the Barbie Polemic

“Come on, Stacy. I've waited my whole life to hear you speak. Don't you have anything relevant to say?” -Lisa Simpson “Don't ask me, I'm just a girl!” -Malibu Stacy When I tell people my parents were forty-five when I was born, the usual response is: “That makes a lot of sense.” There are a handful of side effects that come with having older, second-wave …

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There Is No Real World Anymore

A recent drunken conversation at a house party landed on the topic of TikTok, as one of the people in the conversation was slightly TikTok famous. Half of the conversers were in their early or mid-20s, which I am not. I, perhaps predictably, complained that it felt unfair to me to be expected to always have a phone in front of my face, to act out for the world like I’m auditioning for a play. That as a writer I wanted an online audience, but that as a 30-something-year-old I didn’t want to debase myself to get one.

Mental Hellth

The case against travel

‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power

‘Lunch of suffering’: plain ‘white people food’ goes viral in China

A win for student housing

Radiotrophic fungus (Wikipedia)

James-Lange theory (Wikipedia)

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Saving Time by Jenny Odell, 2023

Negative Space by B. R. Yeager, 2019

• WARNING: A graphic and cosmically dark read. If you do attempt it, keep a pet, a blanket, and a mug of a hot beverage on hand.

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Minari

Black Mirror, Season 6

• “Beyond the Sea” and “Demon 79” especially.

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New Yorkers, don’t be selfish. Be sure to drink your shellfish.

@contemporaryhuman#stitch with @Wes Parker  the real reason #nyc #tap #water is so good #shrimp

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A good explanation of something about social media that I’ve felt grating against my brain, but didn’t have the words for.

@theideagalaxyHow anti-capitalist messaging is tied to hustle culture bros #hustle #hustleculture #hustlecultureistoxic #anticapitalism #anticapitalist

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Almost every sketch by these guys gets me. Was hard to narrow down to two.

@almostfridaypodsummer fun with friends

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@almostfridaypodwhat’s he eating

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fin 👋