On the shame of mentorship.
Readings
I have begun to obsess about this one kiss. A kiss. What the hell difference would a kiss make?
The author of Reverse Cowgirl on autofiction, an uneasy relation to place, and languages of sexuality.
The author of In the Dream House on gaslighting, the lack of institutional capacity for change, and formal experimentation.
The author of Cherry Beach on exploring different ways of being, becoming comfortable with open-endedness, and putting yourself out there.
The author of The Longing for Less on minimalism as an inherent judgment, the aesthetics of community, and why he’s hesitant to identify as a minimalist himself.
The author of Uncanny Valley on becoming the perfect consumer, digital surveillance, and why Mark Zuckerberg doesn't matter.
Talking to the author of Consider This about "dangerous writing," testing your story-telling instincts for emotional responses, and finding laughs in transcendent tragedy.
There’s only ever so much you can control at any job. You make the things you make as good as you can, at which point they are not really yours anymore, or anyway not yours to control.
Cool always seemed like a place of safety, a protective modality, a way to move through the world while needing nothing. But cool, I learned, may have been killing me.
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