depression

This Instagram Account Will Help You Stay Sane Under Late Capitalism

This Instagram Account Will Help You Stay Sane Under Late Capitalism

“I THRIVE AT THE OFFICE.” “THIS WEEKEND WILL BE LEGENDARY.” “I AM SANE.” These are just a few of the quotes you’ll find on the Instagram account @afffirmations, a motivational page that promises something called “Global Self Hypnosis.” Scroll through afffirmations’ posts and you’ll find blurry, heavily edited, technicolor images emblazoned with enthusiastic quotes like […]

On Her Self-Titled Album, Willow Smith Spreads Her Wings

On Her Self-Titled Album, Willow Smith Spreads Her Wings

No matter how you swing it, Willow Smith won’t stay on the ground. The first song on her newest album is appropriately called “Like a Bird.” Beginning over delicately picked electric guitar, it layers her reverb-washed harmonies over an expansive bass-line. The product is heady, transcendent, and reminiscent of Kevin Abstract or maybe some of […]

Empathy for Incels

Separating the venom from the genuinely pained and human core of inceldom could be the first step in saving society from the vileness of incel ideology and saving some of these lost young men from themselves.