Whimsy will save us all
Low stakes and unserious stories are a hard-reset on the meaning of love
aubrie in the open
Hi. I'm a writer who thinks too much about community, capitalism, and the myth of authenticity (among other things).
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Are you not entertained (by AI art?)
There's this needling feeling in the back of my head that we're all just jingling keys at each other.
Welcome back to 2015!
2026 reads like we all died a decade ago and have been reenacting a single day á la Source Code ever since.
BL lovers have broken containment
After years of being relegated to manga/manhwa and Wattpad, the West is finally letting fangirls live...sort of.
Fine! I'll get on the clock app!
As of 1 July, I am: Working on Introducing myself on Booktok — Mostly yelling about tropes and capitalism, if you’re into that First draft of an untitled urban fantasy thriller — 90,000 words and counting! Thinking about Two words keep coming up throughout my research: irony
Everyone is Twelve Now
Last year, one guy made an observation about some Americans' descent into a tribal, impulsive mindset that steamrolls over civility and reason. I think he's on to something.
The resurgence of misogyny-as-horror
Psychological horror, bodycams, and true crime all have one thing in common.
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism is ripping us a new one, but there's been a new challenger on the scene for decades now. Maybe it's time for a new approach?
Why LinkedIn culture is obsessed with failing up
Meet the heroes of the professional crowd, and their forgotten sidekicks.
What happens when communities bend to nearly breaking
How a novel about witches became a career in asking dangerous questions
Can somebody check on Character.AI?
C.ai is pushing out its own users