Why Can’t Billionaires Throw a Good Party?
The ‘wedding of the century’ was anything but—and another reminder that billionaires wouldn’t know how to throw a good party if their lives depended on it.
The Mall is a Zombie: Report from the Field
The mall used to be empty, dying. Now, thanks to AI and dropshipping schemes, it has been reanimated, like a corpse wriggling with digestive insects. The mall is filled with nothing now, and I want to be, too, some beautiful nothingness.
The Sea Library: A Conversation with Anna Iltnere
There are countless ways to catalogue the sea. Anna Iltnere is doing it book by book with The Sea Library.
Dear June (2026 Edition)
Boshemia editor L revisits our ‘Letters to June’ series from years gone by.
Breaking Up with the Billionaires: On Leaving Spotify
It is naive to say that we can de-billionaire our lives overnight, but taking the time to pursue alternatives is worthwhile to help preserve the human soul behind art and culture.
Since You Asked: Being Seen Is Not a Comfortable Business
Patrice responds to a reader question: My wife is asking a lot of me these days. She says she “doesn’t feel seen.” I have no idea what she means, and it makes me uncomfortable. What should I do?
Since You Asked: How to Love
The “how” of loving is being interested in the perspective of another.
The Price of Thinking
Does the aspiration for learning become a counter movement against villanisation of academia and rise of anti-intellectualism, or is it a sign of us slipping further into the darkness?
The Summer of Steves: An Anti-Valentine
The air smelled like sea salt and pine and something reckless. While I had no previous affinity for guys named Steve, they trotted into my life, one by one, like a slow-kicking chorus line. I decided to treat each one as a mirror, a lesson, something I needed to learn about myself.
How to set new year goals that won't make you hate yourself
I know the dopamine hit of buying something pretty makes you truly believe that this will be the magical item that changes everything, but sweetie please put your phone down and drink a glass of water. Don’t fall into the trap.
Memes Will Be Blood: On Political Violence in the Digital Age
Revolution has always been theater; now the theater is a feed, and the script is written in pixels and blood.
E-Reads: Ecstasy & Desire in Emily Dickinson
To read Dickinson is to fall, softly and irrevocably, into the mystery of want.
From Villain to Visibility: How Film Portrays Trans Lives
Trans people don’t want to be plot devices, cautionary tales, or punchlines.
Tiktok Tarot: For You, From the Algorithm
These videos claim that they were ‘meant’ to find me. However, they are also ‘meant’ to find thousands of others.
Classic summer reads for lovers
If a contemporary summer read isn’t hitting your fancy quite right, don’t worry. I’ve got you covered. Here are my top classic summer reads for all you lovers out there.
61 Aesthetics Presents: Metamorphosis
Guided by the direction of Vasilisa Sugak and the eye of Robert Moore, Metamorphosis is both a fashion story and a meditation on identity, resilience, and rebirth.