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Tree Failure
School's back. Autoethnography? It's in the dictionary.
Catriona Menzies-Pike
Writer and editor at large. SYD -> YVR.
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Memo: Best Books (Q1, 21C)
On content strategy, empty lists and the maw of cringe
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Postcard from Grenoble
I got voxpopped in Grenoble over the weekend as I was strolling through a park. The journalist, who was from the local TV station (yes, they still have them here, along with independent bookshops, small museums, music on the streets, cafés open after 3pm), wanted to know how I was
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The Bunk of Iceland
Bloomsday on an island (not Ireland, not the Is-land)
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Recommendation Engines
On non-algorithmic recommendation, paywalls, and What I'm Reading lists
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Puff and Promotion
As if Scott Morrison cares about your criticism! and Everyone loves Miranda July
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Auto-Gloss
Style and risk in life-writing; reviews that spill over.
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The Larger Context
On Gaza, digital provincials, new contrarians, campus protest, and analysis (mine) that goes nowhere
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Hiding in Plain Sight
On the shame of being online, covering your tracks, and yes, TAKEDOWN DISCOURSE
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This Sea of Indistinguishable Words
On bad prompts, bad style, and generative AI
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The Podcast Pipeline
On The Critic and Her Publics and intellectuals at work in the content mills
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Putting on a Show
On DIY PR, content capital, newsletters about writing