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You write with an alacrity that is astonishing- from Baudelaire to American Psycho ...and always hit the right notes.

*Pope hats and Dolly Parton wigs” should be the title of a Punk Country Western album.

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Whoredefined is a rather good word. (Or is the app playing up?)

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LOL!

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Hahahahaha it's a rather wonderful typo. It should read "who redefined" but I kind of like whoredefined better .

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I've already vowed to find five uses a day for the word.

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Five times today. That's how many times I plan to use "whoredefined" and I'm working on the variation "Whoredevined."

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i suspect we are not the only 2 who caught that low hanging fruit intentional or not.....if itm indeed appears to be AI interference i suppose we could get Both Are True over for some forensics tho heeeheee

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So glad you have a substack, I read A Massive Swelling in high school and it blew my mind

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Right on, Brother!

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Here it is: “The power suit — like a ski mask, or a necklace of human ears - is an instrument of the political economy that surrounds it in time.” Ding-ding-ding!

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One of the reasons I went into the arts; I hate suits. Can’t think of more uncomfortable or bullshit way to dress in order to reach conformist goals and ideology.

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"Befouled by foppery." Love it.

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A really interesting and funny jaunt through the history of fashion..thanks for sharing this.

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Excellent historical analysis !

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Absolutely brilliant. At your very finest Cintra!

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what? are you recycling stuff now!!!??@$$!!!

but seriously im just ready enough to let apple music and whatever mind screwing mood shuffle blast me into dreamland and now THIS no way im gonna let a decent high go unrewarded

"suits" here we come....will meghan be there? YOUNG HARRY? ohhh fuk if you could just once spend the weekend with them in Montecito or wherever and write it ALL DOWN but make the story pitch as a hmmm evolution of the southern cali horticulture ethos? how good wine is transported over the santa inez by night on packmule and distributed in the shadow the spanish history museum.........DO IT!!!~

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holy f...ck Brideshead Revisited (the Waugh novel fuck the pbs drivel) a time traveling card carrying spanish republican who probly drank with orwell, (your political leanings? REMEMBER i m playing catch up here....and of all things Christian Bale!! you are shameless in sprinkling your brilliance and reportage with such enticements...unbelievable lucky on bluetooth had suzanne vega followed in rapid succession by Taj Mahal and some catchy rap song called Billie Eillish was enough to mediate the thrill ride and allow concentration appreciation respect funny as hell thnx

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