The Very Hungry Frosh

September 7, 2023

Barbie Pink and Rani Pink: Crushed Under Corporate Feminism

“Adapting Marx on capitalism, a character in the film notes that ‘Kenland contains the seeds of its own destruction.’ Well, so does Barbie.”

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A Case for Disgust

“And yet, God introduces Adam and Eve. Around them, creatures dance and indulge and huddle and purge. Birds shit humans. Dying men fart birds. He treats euphoria and terror with the same technical perfection, blurring the line between a familiar Earth and an alien world”.

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The Children’s Book That Hurt Me Most: Three Experts Discuss

A Nass writer seeks closure for Each Kindness, a children’s book without a resolution.

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Double Features to Do Instead of Barbie/Oppenheimer

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On the Aesthetic Life

The ugly process of forcing beauty.

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Godless

“The smell of age-old dust rushes towards you, as you look and imagine how many were forgiven for their trespasses. Against whom?”

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SEPARATION RITUALS

We are in the magic-room, as she is calling it. I write that down.   She is cute and funny, even now. But of course she is.   She calls it a sanctuary.  I write that down too.   My … Read More

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The Meaning of Life According to My Inbox

Recently, my email account has doubled as my journal. I can’t stop writing emails. Not the usual, 10-liner, meeting set-up emails, but lengthy, rambling, floods of words in which I entirely reveal my personal vulnerabilities to recipients I have never … Read More

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Verbatim

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Overheard on transatlantic flight

Captain, on the overhead announcements: If you’re from England, congratulations to your soccer team on advancing in the Women’s world cup!

British flight attendant, two minutes later: Sorry about our captain, he’s American. He meant football.

Overheard on a Saturday morning

Guy on the couch: Shut up, you can wallow at Top Golf.

Overheard in the office

Boomer coworker: I’m not on Slack, I’m a conscientious objector.

Overheard in summer housing

Heartbroken roommate: I just downloaded TikTok to look at a few videos about how to have a friend with benefits.

Overheard in line for shift meal

Beautiful, simple, and delicious server: It’s a shame you’re going to have to undergo double amputation for your shin splints. But hey, maybe you’ll become like an Oscar Pistorius type.

Overheard on Minecraft date

Girl: You’re so much more talkative in Minecraft than in real life.

Gamer: This is my happy place.

Overheard in the airport

5 year old: How many hours are in the day?

7 year old: 13 and a half.

5 year old: Oh right.

Overheard in a later afternoon text

Another dreamerboy: I had this wild dream that you died in a fire, and Coffee Club was planning a memorial service, and I was asked to make a specialty comp lit themed drink for the occasion.

Overheard in an early morning text

Dreamerboy: Last night I had a dream that we were parting ways, never to see each other again, and you held up your hand to me and said “Hey man, grand slam.”

Overheard on the phone

Progressive: It’s weird, because sometimes fascists identify the same problems with liberalism that I do, but then I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, I don’t like you.’

Overheard during summer internship

Drama-hungry boss: I could set you up with [coworker].

21 year-old intern: Isn’t he 32?

Boss: So? His uncle is the president of the company.