This week, the Nass tries new hobbies, new words, and new noises.
Loosening the Mother Tongue
“When I learned about the darker history of Zionism, I needed to reverse so much of what I thought to be true while undoing my deepest personal and communal language. Like leaving a cult, my whole world was turned upside down as I tried to gather the pieces of what was once a coherent story.”
Mommy Issue: Full Design
This week, the Nass tries new hobbies, new words, and new noises.
A dream of mending
Our skies sink further into dust and while we wait for cloud-made seams, the earth tears limb from limb, and trusts that we will mend her — so it seems. As fires rage through forests deep, we find ourselves in stubborn dreams in obstinate, unyielding sleep, awaiting savior to come, to beam like […]
Sounding Off: John Bischoff’s Music is Just Noise
A writer searches for meaning in John Bischoff and James Fei’s recent sound performance.
Failing With Flying Colors
“While an expert knows what is coming next, a beginner tangoes, babbles and belays into the unknown, giddy and relishing in the awkwardness and delight of the unfamiliar. The experience of trying something new and risking failure is both titillating and terrifying. It’s a lot like getting lost.”
The Definitive List of Who (or What [or Even Where]) is Mother
Chloë Sevigny Liza Minelli Parker Posey Email Charles Grodin My actual mom’s instagram Red shoes Pirating movies Saugerties, NY Arby’s Laura Palmer Tim Heidecker This one shirt I have Ampersands The number 28 Apple music (you heard me) Philip Roth CeraVe facial cleanser A ref at a lacrosse game I played in who looked exactly […]
Bicker Ivy: You Just Might Like It
On the transformational psychology of bicker.
Comics
“Senior Sale” by Hazel Flaherty “Gone Fishing” by Hannah Mittleman