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fantasy as cognitive necessity
The conceit of the genre is its ability to camouflage and yet disclose.
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Daniel Whyte IV
here, have a taste: May 2025 braindump
Fashion, cinema, interior design, vampires — literally all of my favorite things.
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Daniel Whyte IV
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'breaking the arc of Narnia'?
Someone finally asked The Question about Greta Gerwig's upcoming adaptation(s)
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Daniel Whyte IV
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reclaiming the hierarchy of goods
What’s right in our eyes vs. what we should be pursuing.
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Daniel Whyte IV
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this is your brain on pop culture
In love with popular entertainment? Great! It's changing the way your mind works.
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no hope, so gin + tonics?
Obsessions of this year and next
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what's to be done about a society with low appetite?
From Emily in Paris to Single's Inferno, our culture has descended into an era of apocalyptic bad taste. Andor reminded me what a good story made for…
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Daniel Whyte IV
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icons for president
All martyrs, no saints. Is aspiration too much to ask for?
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Daniel Whyte IV
Taylor Swift, queen of the ‘unwashed masses’
The critics have to admit they’re living in her narrative now
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Daniel Whyte IV
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lament for subtlety
on our startling neglect of suggestion + mystery
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Marcus Aurelius is not your savior
Tackling the crisis of uniquely uninspiring men
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Christendom can heal the West, but it can't make us well
Westward leading, still proceeding? The world as end with faith as means.
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Daniel Whyte IV
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