Status Updates From Against Everything: Essays

“in the debased aestheticism called consumerism, [you choose] to make yourself while buying, when you could make yourself by seeing”

The concept of experience: On aestheticism and perfectionism and their influence on the self.

“Let me recall a string of keywords: trucker hats; undershirts called “wife beaters,” worn alone; the aesthetic of basement-rec-room pornography, flash-lit Polaroids and fake wood paneling; Pabst Blue Ribbon; “porno” or “pedophile” mustaches; aviator glasses; Americana T-shirts from church socials and pig roasts; tube socks; the late albums of Johnny Cash; tattoos.”