truly surreal to hear campus protestors being called ‘agents of hamas’ then see an interview with some kid named bryce. hamas doesn’t even know about bryce
I've tweeted this before, but I don't relate to this mindset at all.
Being an adult is not feeling like you "know" everything it's the realization that even in situations of "unknowing" you have agency. You take responsibility for yourself and others.
On my first date with my husband we were strolling through Manhattan and a woman yelled "take care of her, she's caliente!" at him.
That's why smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is important.
Here is a little story about trusting your own taste. Six years ago I saw this painting hanging in the back hallway of a local coffee shop and fell in love with it.
It was like the painter had externalized everything I believe about the relationship between art and science.
At the tender age of 32 I have learned that the people who require the most "convincing" have added the least to my life personally and professionally.
My life has significantly improved since I stopped giving away my expertise for free in group chats, panels and 1:1’s with people who have more access to capital than me.
"I no longer identify as an ambitious person. I identify as a person who wants to make the life that they can scrape together as comfortable as possible."
@TamingofdeSchuh
Often when people realize they are wrong they double down as their position becomes increasingly untenable. This is when grace is needed, although nobody is obligated to extend it.
"I spent so long thinking that everyone knew and nobody cared that I did not realize the inverse was true—nobody knew and everyone cared."
Intense, insightful read on Werner Herzog, Timothy Treadwell, and abusive relationships.
Marry someone you LIKE. Marry someone who can give constructive criticism. Marry someone that doesn't treat you with contempt. Marry someone who can nurture your inner child. Marry someone who can admit when they are wrong. Marry someone that believes in you. ❤️
I met a mixed race 21-yr-old kanye fan yesterday wearing a vultures 1 short sleeve shirt and gloves who told me he hasn’t listened to college dropout or late registration because “those are woke”
I raised $1.2M, Air Mail has raised $32M.
I have no copy editors, no fact checkers, and no photo editors.
That we are relevant enough to be mentioned together is a win, because make no mistake Dirt is the future of media.
Tomorrow is
@pasta_ben
's 8 year sobriety anniversary. I am going to post again tomorrow because I am very proud of him but I am posting now too so you can remember to wish him Happy Ben Day. ❤️
I always think about this painting when I think about my aspirations for Dirt. I don't care who the hell you are or where you are from or whether you have been published before. Do you have something interesting to say? That's all that matters.
He looks like the older woman I met at an all-female motorcycle retreat who served in Kuwait and felt up my bare thigh when some fireworks went off (PTSD).
I've noticed that the decline of any publication usually begins when they gain the aura of only publishing their friends. Scenedom as editorial self-sabotage.
Don't listen to this trash take!!!
Your man should be bonking himself over the head with a hammer cartoon coyote style every time you take an item of clothing off.
Anything less is settling.
This week,
@dirtyverse
teams up with
@lithub
on a new series about The Middle Class Writer: talking frankly about the role of money in the life of a writer in 2024. We’ll be in your inbox throughout the week.
Illustration:
@colleentie
I am so excited to announce
@dirtyverse
's collaboration with
@AREdotNA
on a pop-up newsletter about scent and memory called Scent Access Memory, aka SAM.
We'll end with a perfume launch with
@ufoparfums
. 🛸
The second part of my conversation with Kate Zambreno!
"You go to Yale or Columbia...you expect to have the best. But the thing is to be a writer, you have to actually have an interesting voice."
I had the painting appraised for insurance purposes and it was appraised at between $6,000 and $9,000. Aside from my car, it's the most valuable thing I own.