I can't remember the last time I saw a plate of food or a celebrity on this app. let's not forget the element of self-determination in these filter bubbles lol.

On natural wine, authenticity and big alcohol. “The inconsistency, the impurity, the strong smells, the bits of stems and yeasts that sometimes make it into the bottle – all this signals to the consumer that natural wine is an alternative _...Read More_

Buried inside the obvious entertainment of this story, Blaustein (the game’s translator and this piece’s author) explores some essential questions around what’s lost and what’s gained when a work is translated from language to _...Read More_

Rob Horning on authenticity. What came to my mind is all the authentic things that are not desirable and commodifiable, like poverty, grief etc.

Revisiting Rob Horning’s Authenticity as Service: “The discourse of authenticity espoused by marketers posits a pretend space untouched by capitalism where social relations are “real” instead of mercenary. Since all interactions under _...Read More_