Once I’m confident that I exist outside of other people’s survival and pleasure, I can forget myself
I find echoes of the man who raised me every time I watch the iconic mother-daughter show
Anytime I took a break, I was recharging so I could continue to overfunction
Taking advantage of aspiring authors is a rich tradition, and now published authors are being scammed too
Hu Anyan’s memoir is a reminder that one can work hard indefinitely and still have to count every penny
A new micro-genre turns "truth" into an investigation about how meaning gets made
Ghosts? Been there, done that. Someone writing their own marginalia in a book you lent them? Petrifying!
I feel broken in a way no one else is, and I refuse to talk to anyone about it
A tyrannical orange clown who draws power from brainwashed young people? Oh right, we’re talking about “Weapons,” the year’s most incisive genre film
There are societal, financial, legal, and emotional consequences to book challenges, and writers are facing the brunt of these attacks
Many people arrive looking to meet someone and enjoy a shared cultural experience
Under capitalism, those of us who want a career in the arts feel pressured to sell ourselves. But making art and marketing it are very different skills
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