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on objectivity

on objectivity

Today it’s 75 degrees in Philadelphia. I went to Penn Treaty Park with a bottle of cider and new sunglasses to read Joan Didion’s Let Me Tell You What I Mean. I have a business degree so I didn’t read any Didion until my twenties. I wish

on for emma, forever ago by bon iver

on for emma, forever ago by bon iver

reckoning with being seriously moved by a bon iver record and the concept of passive shared experience

on five years since the death of the revival

on five years since the death of the revival

Allegedly, fifth wave emo is in full swing. I’m the kind of dreadfully boring person who has spent way too much time in my relatively short life considering what is or isn’t emo and how to talk about those things so this new, artist led definition of a

on david dobrik, ezra koenig, and taking advantage of your public reputation

on david dobrik, ezra koenig, and taking advantage of your public reputation

This piece of writing discusses sexual assault and describes a situation which may be triggering to some. Be kind to yourself. I am, unfortunately, big into Youtuber drama— the valid, the stupid, the Much Too Serious To Call It Drama, all of it. I watch lots of channels that could

on cryptoart as an argument for self-archiving

on cryptoart as an argument for self-archiving

I said I wasn’t gonna write about NFTs because nobody wants to hear it and I’m not sure I have much worth saying about the whole concept, but they’ve been on my mind. Or at least the idea of them and why I’m so instinctively turned

on media + the lie of teenage power

on media + the lie of teenage power

This isn’t really about the Britney Spears documentary, though it is necessarily informed by at least the position it's had within the cultural conversation lately. In true Something Old Newsletter fashion, it was triggered by a piece of writing which was done in reference to that documentary.

on pop-punk, misogyny + me

on pop-punk, misogyny + me

I’ve often found myself starting to write essays about the interplay between being a woman and being heavily influenced by emo and pop-punk. I’ve always shied away from doing it, though, because I never felt like I had anything to add. The misogyny baked into those genres is