Nat K’s Reviews > Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging > Status Update

"Eileen is a pint-sized, very excitable woman. I'm drawn to her immediately - she posts Murakami quotes and uses words like 'obtuse' to insult others."

I love Murakami! And enjoy using the word obtuse too.

I'm currently reading the essay titled "The Lifestyle Church" and have to say most of it is going completely over my head. Sub-cultures of sub-cultures, selling out, gentrification, rejecting labels. None of it seems to be making the Writer any happier.

It's interesting, but I just don't get it.

"What if people are so desperate to capture the smallest kernel of authenticity that we are beginning to collapse the public and private?"