How Social Media Commodifies Romance Literature

To the Depths

…On How AI is Replacing Our Ability to Think

What Bad Bunny’s Success Reveals About Power and Platform

How we keep relearning the same lessons, and why that might be the point.

The lost art of being passionate

Love is vulnerability that melts away identity.

Hypocritical jealousy of a past self

Dalí, Jung, and the Dream Space of James Jean

When seeking a “soft life” comes with major risks.

The fading relevance of physical media

Fugazi, Punk, and the Refusal to Wait Quietly

Ranking every book for better but mostly for worse

Norman Rockwell’s mirror to the nation

Alex Garland’s “Ex Machina” and the Paradox of Prometheus

How Jonathan Anderson is bringing a revitalized beauty to Dior

Lonely human seeking artificial companion. Unlimited indulgence of fantasies required.

The People the Gender Binary Leaves Behind

How Elie Saab preserves history and culture in a modernizing industry

China’s visionary designer turns couture into cathedrals.