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on art and its existence in isolation

on art and its existence in isolation

On International Women’s Day, a critical look at the cultural implications of art after #MeToo

culturejayemseyMarch 8, 2020Gretchen Carlson, Fox News, #MeToo, rice bunny, China, sex education, South Korea, France, sexism, Japan, Droga5, art, sexual assault, Minute Thoughts, ethical consumption, Time's Up, cultural legacy, Woody Allen, Manhattan, American Beauty, misogyny, Claire Dederer, The Paris Review, president, Surviving R. Kelly, Leaving Neverland, Wild Wild Country, The Interpreter, true crime, context, abuse, Hollywood, Last Tango in Paris, Bernardo Bertolucci, Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Stanley Kubrick, Shelley Duvall, The Shining, Netflix, Nanette, Hannah Gadsby, Picasso, Vox, aesthetics, Jeet Heer, Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, A.O. Scott, films, The L.A. Times, Japanese internment, Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes, Carl Andre, Ana Mendieta, LA, celebrities, Michael Jackson, spectacle, attention economy, Kim Kardashian, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey, Judd Apatow, The New York Times, The New Yorker, restorative justice, Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant, Vanessa Bryant, tragedy, cognitive strain, cognitive dissonance, Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, toxic masculinity, International Women's Day, Half the Sky, LinkedIn, Harvey WeinsteinComment

a tale of two book clubs: trick mirror by jia tolentino

a tale of two book clubs: trick mirror by jia tolentino

Jia Tolentino’s debut novel, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, is a grim yet nihilistically optimistic opus for the millennial generation

culturejayemseyOctober 16, 2019Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, Korean skincare, Girls' Night In, The Cosmos, nihilistic optimism, reading, Pop Up Grocer, The I in the Internet, identity, cultural identity, white supremacy, #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, social signaling, The Truman Show, influencers, Always Be Optimizing, millennials, feminism, capitalism, pop culture, Pure Heroines, Little House on the Prairie, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Ecstasy, drug use, religion, A Story of a Generation in Seven Scams, Fyre Festival, Caroline Calloway, French macarons, Elizabeth Holmes, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Hustlers, The Hustlers at Scores, New York Magazine, Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, attention economy, #GIRLBOSS, Facebook, We Come From Old Virginia, University of Virginia, Rolling Stone, rape culture, sexual assault, The Cult of the Difficult Woman, celebrities, Kim Kardashian, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Hope Hicks, I Thee Dread, weddings, marriage, commitment, writing, Reality TV Me, Asian AmericanComment

the logical fallacies of linkedin

the logical fallacies of linkedin

What the comments on LinkedIn posts can tell us about empathy and workplace culture

year in review: 2018

year in review: 2018

My year in review and 2018 favorites

lifejayemseyJanuary 1, 2019Year in Review, blogging, relationships, postcard, Brooklyn, Crown Heights, Manhattan, aliveness, New York City, winter, Middle Branch, Baltic Sea, Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Kiel, Mia, Bombay, Brooklyn Animal Action, Little Panthers, ZHU, #cravingsfest, Twitter, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Cravings, Cravings 2: Hungry For More, Luna, California, Korinne, LA, Santa Barbara, Big Sur, Sonoma, San Francisco, Morro Bay, The Arboretum, peacock, Isla Vista, Ripplewood Resort, Bixby Bridge, Hawaii, Japanese Tea Garden, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Washington D.C., Gwendolyn, Spy Museum, Newseum, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Obama, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, George Washington, Michelle Obama, Brothers & Sisters, Line Hotel, Molly Yeh, my name is yeh, Syndicated Brooklyn, Madwell, 72andSunny, Love Actually, Street Food Cinema, 5K, Roscoe's, Museum of Death, Museum of Tolerance, Heaven's Gate, The Wolves, Shoo Shoo Baby, Paris, Croix Me A River, Disneyland, California Adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy, Incredicoaster, Toy Story Midway Mania, Radiator Springs Racers, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones, brunch, Christmas, xiao long bao, Ruby's Café, matcha, Brooklyn Ball Factory, Trader Joe's, cold brew, butter toffee pretzels, KazuNori, Momosan, Daikaya, Sonoratown, Seabutter, Jongro KBBQ, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, Bill Gates, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The New York Times, #MeToo, Domino's, creativity, F*ck Off Fund, negotiation, long distance, Griefbacon, Bloomberg, America, venture capitalism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, college, Minute Thoughts, heroin, addiction, white supremacy, white nationalism, The White Flight of Derek Black, I.AM.GIA, Uniqlo, Fenty Beauty, Mix No. 6, Hourglass, C.O. Bigelow, jasmine, Pat McGrath, KitchenAid, Neogen, Acwell, NARS, Glow Recipe, Bliss, Swisch, MoMA Design Store, TOKiMONSTA, Shanghai Asian Manor, A Night of Philosophy and Ideas, Asian AmericanComment

minute thoughts 1.10.18

minute thoughts 1.10.18

On catcalling response strategies and the separation of art from artists