Issue 28: On Metalabel (a review of "The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet")

October 28, 2024

Soft Labor, is an occasional newsletter about visual culture written by Sarah Hromack and published by her consultancy, Soft Labor. Soft Labor is a reader-...

A Soft Launch for Soft Labor LLC (and a question)

June 27, 2024

A Soft Launch for Soft Labor LLC (and a question) Soft Labor, is an occasional newsletter about trends in visual culture written by Sarah Hromack. Soft Labor...

Issue 27: A Clickbait PSA

April 19, 2024

Soft Labor, is an occasional newsletter about trends in visual culture written by Sarah Hromack. Soft Labor is a reader-supported publication and I invite...

Issue 26: Are You Experienced?

March 11, 2024

Soft Labor, is an occasional newsletter about trends in visual culture written by Sarah Hromack. Related/Unrelated is a highly heterogeneous, link-heavy...

Issue 25: Related/Unrelated (NYC Snow Day Edition)

February 13, 2024

Soft Labor, is an occasional newsletter about trends in visual culture written by Sarah Hromack. Related/Unrelated is a highly heterogeneous, link-heavy...

Issue 24: Artistic Legacy and AI

February 6, 2024

Soft Labor, is an occasional newsletter about trends in visual culture written by Sarah Hromack. Related/Unrelated is a highly heterogeneous, link-heavy...

Issue 23: Where Taste Comes From (a review of Kyle Chayka's "Filterworld")

January 17, 2024

Soft Labor, is an occasional newsletter about trends in visual culture written by Sarah Hromack. Related/Unrelated is a highly heterogeneous, link-heavy...

New Year, New Platform

January 4, 2024

Substack has a Nazi problem

Issue 22: “Authenticity” is the word

$ · December 18, 2023

a personal update

Issue 21: Related/Unrelated

$ · September 22, 2023

In the Mood for Fall

Issue 20: Related/ Unrelated

$ · August 7, 2023

The Summer Slide

Issue 19: Related/Unrelated

$ · July 27, 2023

Yu and Me forever in a summer of (artificially intelligent) heat

Welcome New Subscribers

$ · July 23, 2023

Summer Sale! 20% off annual subscriptions

Issue 18: Art isn't a Gadget

$ · June 30, 2023

Enter the Apple Vision Pro

Issue 17: Related/Unrelated

$ · April 27, 2023

Calling all Creative Directors!

Issue 16: Related/Unrelated

$ · April 4, 2023

cyberfeminist catwalks?

Issue 15: Greetings from La La Land

$ · March 26, 2023

flashback to Broome Street

Issue 14: Related/Unrelated

$ · March 16, 2023

Wearables, fuccbois, and the Best Show Ever

Issue 13: Girls, Girls, Girls

$ · March 11, 2023

from Kate Moss to "cluttercore"

Issue 12: Related/Unrelated

$ · February 28, 2023

Some notes on A.I. Aesthetics

Issue 11: A note on Subscriptions

$ · February 27, 2023

Welcome to Soft Labor 2.0

Issue 10: LinkedOut

$ · February 26, 2023

Girl boss bye-bye

Issue 9: Happy New Year

$ · February 12, 2023

behind on everything, by design

Issue 8: Crypto Visibility

$ · April 9, 2022

NFTs in the age of precarity

Issue 7: Augmented Reality

$ · March 14, 2022

Visualizing war in 2022

Issue 6: Feel! Feel! Feel!

$ · March 1, 2022

Vibing in a time of war

Issue 5: Slow Trends

$ · February 26, 2022

Welcome back, people

Issue 4: Gearing Up

$ · September 18, 2021

How Our Wants Became Our Pandemic Needs

Issue 3: Late Pandemic Aesthetics

$ · August 29, 2021

What some things look like now, on-screen and off

Issue 2: Our Style, Our Selves

$ · August 5, 2021

Where does our personal style come from — and how do we remember that place?

Issue 1: Zooming Through

$ · July 29, 2021

Is the Zoom boom just another form of digital narcissism?