This piece rules, I'm so glad you published it. A lot of it is really relatable, and you really put your finger on this confusing stew of online trends (especially around style, aesthetics, self identity), and how they spill over into our real lives in these kinds of disconcerting, trippy ways. So much good stuff here. On personal style - it's one of those things I'm both kind of suspicious of (in how it's presented as the alternative to aesthetics, a simple goal in and of itself), but I'm also deeply in pursuit of lol. I like how you think about it as essentially something that at its best is about our relationship with the world around us. It's so of-this-era but it's also one of the clearest ways that a lot of us are using to try to connect with the world, reconnect with ourselves. Anyway, so good! Thanks for your thoughts.
This piece rules, I'm so glad you published it. A lot of it is really relatable, and you really put your finger on this confusing stew of online trends (especially around style, aesthetics, self identity), and how they spill over into our real lives in these kinds of disconcerting, trippy ways. So much good stuff here. On personal style - it's one of those things I'm both kind of suspicious of (in how it's presented as the alternative to aesthetics, a simple goal in and of itself), but I'm also deeply in pursuit of lol. I like how you think about it as essentially something that at its best is about our relationship with the world around us. It's so of-this-era but it's also one of the clearest ways that a lot of us are using to try to connect with the world, reconnect with ourselves. Anyway, so good! Thanks for your thoughts.