Status Updates From Argonautlar

Loving this so far. Maggie Nelson’s writing is complex in a way that makes me question my own intelligence sometimes, but like in a good way that feels like I’m learning.

“Silverman’s aperture does not seem wide enough to include an enjoyment that doesn’t derive from filling a void, or love that is not merely balm for a wound. So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself.”