I came to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series at probably the perfect age– I think 13 or 14, whenever my brother started to get the collections. I really loved them, and I still do, although they don’t move me quite as much as they once did. There’s nothing wrong with that. I’ve never been the type to feel […]
Continue reading →I thought this speech by Amy Schumer, the actor and comedian, was really poignant and smart, as well as very funny. But it also demonstrates again that self-confidence is bullshit and stupid and everybody should stop pursuing it. Schumer says, Now I feel strong and beautiful. I walk proudly down the streets of Manhattan. The […]
Continue reading →Online liberalism, as I’ve said many times, is not actually a series of political beliefs and alliances but instead a set of social cues that are adopted to demonstrate one’s class background– economic class, certainly, but more cultural class, the various linguistic and consumptive signals that assure those around you that you’re the right kind […]
Continue reading →This piece is a year old, but I’ve only just now discovered it. It’s by Pasi Sahlberg, an education expert from Finland who has a great deal of experience with Finland’s school system, widely considered to be the world’s best. Sahlberg makes an observation that, to me, is both elementary and enormously important: elite obsession […]
Continue reading →Is Twitter dead? Is Facebook dead? Is Google+ (lol yes) dead? Is the internet dead? Look. We’re all going to die. We briefly flirt with the idea that we’re not going to because the force that has enabled us to play Snood on our cellphone must surely mean we can beat death, and some of […]
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