Man 1: “I’ve been at work all day.”
Man 2: “That’s why you’re a multi-multi-hundred-thousandaire.”
Overheard in Scottsdale, AZ.
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On Girl Math
“When feminists take things like makeup and plastic surgery and argue that we ought to uncritically ‘let women do what they want,’ it reinforces the belief that the goal of modern feminism ought to be to ‘reclaim’ an oppressive, patriarchal standard and pretend we have chosen it for ourselves.”
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Brush With Death: Full Design
This week, the Nass recycles beer cans, interrogates TikTok feminism, and decides what good art is.
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Flyover Country
“The people she invented shared none of her problems, none of her responsibilities. She gave them their own small disasters, which were different from her own and therefore interesting, instead of just pathetic. She was deeply, stupidly jealous of them.”
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When Sustainability Isn’t Sexy
“Does the ‘look’ of sustainability, a sort of glamorous image expressed in the carefully crafted brand of environmental nonprofits, obscure all the unassuming pockets of sustainability?”
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I’m Judging You: Gogol’s Defense of Art Critique
“Gogol advocated that we do not need to reject value-judgements, but rather understand all art as part of a grander movement; great art is the product of labor and reflection, vision and passion, building off the works that precede it.”
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What We Lose to Lithium
How a lithium mine in Nevada is compromising Indigenous autonomy, and the danger of letting it go on.
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Dead Beats: Full Design
This week, the Nass learns from Patti Smith, mulls over pop stardom, and weighs the costs of “clean” energy.
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Lessons on Greatness: Reflections On “A Conversation With Patti Smith”
“For Smith, poet and painter William Blake exemplified this approach to life. She remarked: ‘Despite the fact he had no proof from the world he was worth anything—he would have gotten 4 likes [on Instagram]—he did his work.’”
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Princewatch: The “Prince” Once Again Confirms That We Are All Losers
A triumph of data analysis or a sick project of perversion?
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Hey, Big Vape! Make These Flavors Next
New Vape Flavors Vagina Ice Sweaty Ballsack Gelato Razzmatazz Orgy Rush Strawberry Strap-on Delight American Spirit Blue Ice Milk Tyra Banks Better Than Sex Hard Boiled Egg Ice Carbonara Lemonade Black Mold Blue Cheese Smoke Chromium Alloy Poop Charisma Uniqueness Nerve Talent Lost Cherry by Tom Ford Lime Pussy Juice Chips Candy Eric Cartman Kush…
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THE DISHES ARE NEVER DONE BUT GOOD LUCK
“I might survive, and what if I do? What if I swim through the waters and eat and hide from those raiders? And, god, what if I have to drink my own urine?”
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