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The Child Is the Father of Man
On careers, childhood dreams, and romantic poets
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In Praise of the Gift Shop
Why exiting through the gift shop is always a good idea
Jan 15
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The Grateful Dead Are What I Love(d) About America
For Bobby, 1947-2026. A Personal Reflection.
Jan 12
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The Nostalgia Industrial Complex
How we turned looking backward into a full-time job (and why we need to get better at it)
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Cold Weather Beauty 2026
Picks for post holiday skin and beyond
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The Clean Slate Lie
How Julius Caesar accidentally invented seasonal depression
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The Performative Male Is Just the Poser Discourse in Better Lighting
A dispatch on matcha boys, Letterboxd, and why we’re so obsessed with deciding who belongs.
Jan 2
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Cheers to 2026 🥂
On experiences over things, the consumption backlash, and keeping a few things to myself this year.
Dec 31, 2025
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Slackers: A Revisionist History
(Or, How I Became Type A and Lived to Tell About It)
Dec 26, 2025
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The Year of Doing Everything (Quietly)
A year in reviewish
Dec 24, 2025
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What Shipping Your Children Off to the Woods for the Summer Did to a Generation
A Gen X (and Jewish) take on camp
Dec 23, 2025
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Cool Best Friend Q&A: An Interview With Amanda Dolan of Spark Pretty
The East Village vintage queen on Courtney Love, power-dressing moms, and why “more is more” is always the answer
Dec 17, 2025
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What We Wore (And Why We’ll Never Stop)
A Gen X Style Memoir
Dec 15, 2025
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The Last Mixtape I Ever Made
(And All the Ones That Made Me)
Dec 15, 2025
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