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Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000), on a super trendy cell phone. (YouTube/Lionsgate)

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Gastronomical scarcity.

on how startups have turned reservations at trendy restaurants into financial commodities.

Christian Bale on a super trendy cell phone.

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Hot seats

Sofie Royer in her video for 2022 single "Baker Miller Pink." (YouTube/Sofie Royer)

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FSG and a rising star.

on musician Sofie Royer’s unexpected source for lyrics.

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99 Glimpses

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The aesthetic of bookishness, Industry Q&A, and the latest streaming news.

on books as aesthetic signifiers. A recap of the live Q&A with Industry (HBO) creators on our Discord. And, the latest in streaming news.

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Booksmart

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“How do you spell love?”

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Misquoting Winnie the Pooh

Paradox Perfume

Smell you later.

on the utter silliness and obnoxious omnipresence of you-but-better skin scents.

Adison Rae in Praying. (Instagram/@addisonraee)

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God-posting on main.

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Church girls

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The people's TikTok playground.

makes the case for user-generated content on taxpayer-generated infrastructure.

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The Novelist Jordan Castro

The author lives (especially on TikTok).

on Jordan Castro’s The Novelist and a reader’s need to identify with their favorite authors.

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'The Novelist' is anti-autofiction

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