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Personal essays on life, literature, and privilege from the POV of generational wealth and living within the Manhattan bubble.
Aug 11, 2023
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Charlie Kirk, Collective Blame, And The Crucible
“…all the old political and moral reality had melted like a Dali watch.”
Sep 20
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My Friend's Dating Profile
I have a friend named Lily whose dating profile reads as follows.
Sep 13
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My Mother The Absurdist
In 2018, when she was 80 years old, my mother Jill Roberts became a devotee of Albert Camus and his philosophy of Absurdism––the idea that life has no…
Sep 6
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Our Second Gilded Age Goes Supernova
And it is a mistake to forget about Occupy Wall Street
Aug 30
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