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What Fetishists Can Teach Us About Consumerism and Desire
A book of reportage on kinky subcultures describes how “deviant desire” can be transcendent —and completely mundane. Source link
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When Do We Become Adults, Really?
Life stages became more standardized in the late nineteenth century, as mandatory schooling spread, and legal thresholds of adulthood were…
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Nonprofessional Actors Are the Heart of the Movies
But there are two categories of nonprofessionals whose place in the history of the art strikes me as particularly exalted. The first is…
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A Candlelit Garden Dream Beneath Chandeliers at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art
For the reception, we envisioned an elegant, European-inspired forest—lush, romantic, and thoughtfully refined. We wanted the florals to…
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How the Epstein Scandal Took Over Our Reality
Broadly speaking, these scandals were contained within org charts. But, over the same period, there was an increasing awareness of how…
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5 differences between being frugal and being afraid as a founder
You tell yourself you are being disciplined. You are watching burn, negotiating every SaaS subscription, pushing hires out another…
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Why Lifelong Learning Is Becoming a Non-Negotiable Career Advantage
The world is moving quickly. With new tech constantly being developed, the exchange of information is becoming faster every day. Of…
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A Visit with The Talk of the Town
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New York’s Best-Dressed Dogs Compete
Zeph McDonough takes a tour through the Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, and talks to its quirky participants. Source link
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Maybe She’s Born With It. Maybe It’s . . . Something Else
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What Walter Benjamin Knew
A new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience. Source link
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Roger and the Smooth Fox Terriers
Roger and Carol had both worked and always hired dog walkers during the day, but Roger took Andy around the block for the last walk of the…
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Kid Rock Predicts God Will ‘Cut Down’ Journalists for Reporting (Accurately) That He’s Charging Up to $5,000 for Tour Tickets
Kid Rock wasn’t kidding around when sang a song about finding Jesus to conclude the recent Turning Point USA alternative halftime show. He…
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The Quad God and American Reckoning at the Olympics
Of course, it wasn’t just Malinin whose performance tugged my attention away from Italy and toward America. A handful of athletes from the…
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Can “Vanderpump” Rule Again?
Then, in 2023, during Season 10, what I can only describe as an act of God took place: It was revealed that Tom Sandoval had secretly…
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Conan O’Brien Is Ready for the Oscars
The comedian and television host talks about the decline of late night, the death of Rob and Michele Reiner, and why he loves when things…
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Sophie Turner Brings Louis Vuitton’s Legacy Boots to the 2026 Newport Beach Film Festival in London
It’s been nearly a decade since Sophie Turner was appointed a Louis Vuitton ambassador. Since 2017, the “Game of Thrones” alum has worked…
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The Unlikely Success of a Strange Alabama Bookstore
Eventually, Frank Reiss moved back to Atlanta and opened A Cappella Books, a shoebox of a store in Little Five Points, and Reiss watched…
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“Come to Brazil?” The Oscars Just Might
Fandoms proliferated online in the two-thousands in Brazil, Amado said, when the country adopted the Google-owned social network Orkut,…
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Mitski’s Spellbinding Intensity
Also: the actions and art work of Lotty Rosenfeld, mixed-martial-arts sparring in the play “The Monsters,” a cocktail adventure at…
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Prince Andrew Rides Again
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The 5 questions smart founders ask before chasing growth
You feel it the moment a competitor announces their seed round. Or when a Twitter thread goes viral about someone hitting 50K MRR in 12…
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7 early signs of burnout before it fully hits
You tell yourself you’re just in a “push season.” Product launch. Fundraising. Hiring your first engineer. Another month of runway…