and the reason isn’t the quality of his prose or the sharpness of his mind, the obvious reason IS that he is a loudly and publicly “anti-woke” black person (sorry, “ex-black man”) who fully aligns entirely key gatekeepers in the literary and journalism worlds.

thomas chatterton williams, whose main literary output is three memoirs of declining quality, and who has written the same essay ad nauseam for 10 years, nonetheless has a sinecure at the atlantic, a teaching job at an elite college, and a nice handful of prestigious fellowships

My non-expert observation- social media successfully created communities of men who told each other their shortcomings were the fault of anyone else.

(can't help but notice who gets to be "young" and full of talent and who doesn't.)

You could’ve stopped at WSJ… all I need is @dieworkwear.bsky.social

One Punch Man is not loved anywhere near enough. I laughed hard every single episode.

still can't get over jk simmons's j. jonah jameson