❤️🔥 man vs. bear
consent and the spectrum of desire If I had a nickel for every time I was influenced to watch a horror movie by cultural analyses on TikTok, I’d have two...
🍒 forbidden fruits and the playgirl revival
and some reflections on side quests In February, I found out that Playgirl was looking for contributors for its newly relaunched magazine and immediately...
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[FIRST LOOK] 💘 what’s love got to do with it?: the rise, recession, and renaissance of romantic comedies
happy early valentine’s day! I mentioned this project when I was on Mark Pollard’s Sweathead podcast back in October 2024, and I fully intended to publish it...
✨ note 06: you deserve sunshine: how heated rivalry defies modern television’s worst impulses
emotionally, i am at the cottage Content Warning: Spoilers for Heated Rivalry 💫 a quick note on availability I’m currently booking out projects for 2026! If...
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[FIRST LOOK] 👖 popaganda: cultural encoding in media & the world shaped by “culture wars”
everything i know about sydney sweeney has been learned against my will I generally try to refrain from expending mental energy on anything Sydney Sweeney-...
🗽 it’s a great day to be a new yorker
reporting from simultaneously the best city in the world (new york city) and the worst place on earth (the comments section on linkedin) This letter was...
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[FIRST LOOK] 💄 in this economy?: armchair economics, recession indicators, and the politics of desire and consumption
chat, are we cooked? 💫 a quick note on availability I am once again open for new projects! Reach out if you’ve got something exciting coming up, or if you...
🥡 a short oral history of us
the story of how my family came to be in america It is appropriate that this month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I recently...
✨ note 05: let the 2000s be terrible
i can’t stop hate-reading pretty little liars 💫 a quick note on availability Due to a strange scheduling loophole in the demands of the United States legal...
✨ note 04: in here, life is beautiful
cabaret and the global legacy of cruelty Content Warning: Genocide, hate speech, spoilers for Cabaret 📸 from my camera roll Met this little nugget while...
🏎️ a little treat for lego fans
behind the scenes of mclaren x lego Happy Sunday! We interrupt your regular Constellation Theory programming to bring you a career highlight: the launch of...
✨ note 03: the celebrity interview industrial complex
when did celebrity interviews get so gimmicky? 📸 from my camera roll I think almost every dessert is better homemade except for these cookies (and yes, I’ve...
✨ note 02: a love(?) letter to isla vista
a decade of reflection after my school went viral Content Warning: Mass shootings, gun violence 🌴 heaven and heartbreak in paradise Today marks 10 years...
✨ note 01: hello universe!
in my newsletter era 👋🏼 starting fresh Welcome to my newsletter! My love of newsletters (and many attempts at writing one) is well-documented and familiar to...
