As you may have heard, the Mid-Atlantic US (in which I currently live) got hammered by a massive snowstorm this weekend. Weather reports had been sensationalizing the potentially apocalyptic effects of the storm for days, warning that we could see a record snowfall and complete paralysis of city functions. And if you doubt that people [...]
Nobody ever gets paid what they’re worth — mostly because we have no idea what we actually are worth. Johnny B. Truant touched on this last week, and his advice about understanding the value of your own work seems like ultra-common sense. Yet three recent discussions with friends made me painfully aware of just how [...]
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As my friend Maya and I were laughing over the pitch-perfect captions on Unhappy Hipsters, I wondered how Dwell Magazine (where most of the photos come from) could not know that they were selling people images of emotional isolation. “How can they believe this lifestyle is something lust-worthy?” I asked. Or was Dwell actually deconstructing [...]
