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Mar 22, 2023Liked by Cintra Wilson

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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Mar 26, 2023Liked by Cintra Wilson

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

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Mar 22, 2023Liked by Cintra Wilson

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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Mar 22, 2023Liked by Cintra Wilson

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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