Another evening of great art in NYC with Ali Cherri’s opening at the Swiss Institute. In his new show, he engages with the sacrality + heritage of mud & the circularity of artefact. Will be writing about it, can’t wait!
Happy to report that one of my favorite people from twitter @farouha.bsky.social is now on bluesky. Go follow her and make your whole experience here better :)
Such an excellent and thoughtful piece. Can’t wait to read the whole book
This is so good. Two things: both Naomis have husbands named Avram -Ludwig and Lewis (really uncanny stuff); and I like her formula for the rightwards move: "narcissism (grandiosity) + social media addiction + midlife crisis ÷ public shaming = rightwing meltdown."
For years the writer laughed off being mistaken for fellow author Naomi Wolf. Then her ‘double’ drifted into a world of conspiracy theories and became a favoured guest of Steve Bannon and Tucker C...
This is amazing and I’ve been waiting for someone to write something really thoughtful about this instead of the usual scornful takes about right wing reactionaries because I feel that it’s so much more nuanced and rooted than that
at some point on some forum I saw someone say something like, it is amazing how all the people freak out about time travel and going back to the past because one small change can make everything different, yet today we act like we are unable to make changes that matter. I think about it every day.
So cool that there’s an extension like this!
"For those in solitary confinement, reading is often the only escape. The problem is not everyone can. Although incarcerated young people 21 and under are guaranteed an education under federal law, that doesn’t always happen in practice."
For many inmates, reading is the only way to transcend cell walls. The problem is not everyone can.
I wrote about what makes Threads so depressing
Like a $19 turkey sandwich at an airport
Graham Greene as a rule wrote only 500 words a day—but every day—and look what he’s produced!