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Posted inCulture, Story

Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime

by Jonny Diamond June 7, 2019February 24, 2023

Why do people — mostly men — want to throw axes and dress like lumberjacks?

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The ‘Creative Class’ Were Just the Rich All Along

by Sari Botton August 23, 2017October 19, 2022

Urban theorist Richard Florida seems to have realized he was wrong about the broad benefits of attracting creatives to depressed cities.

Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction

A Simpler Cup of Coffee

by Aaron Gilbreath August 4, 2016October 19, 2022

From backlash to counter-backlash, coffee culture endures in all its glorious fussiness.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

How the Mason Jar Got Hip

by Aaron Gilbreath November 23, 2015October 19, 2022

Ariana Kelly writes in The Atlantic about the invention and impact of the Mason Jar ─ that simple, indispensible glassware that facilitated rural American life ─ and what its current popularity in urban culture signifies.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Identify an Aesthetic, and Then Recreate That Aesthetic

by juliawick March 9, 2015October 19, 2022

To understand why Urban Outfitters and American Apparel have declined so spectacularly, it’s helpful to remember what it was that made them so successful in the first place. In their heyday, each made a science of identifying exactly what it was that made hipsters so attractive, then recreated that aesthetic in their stores.

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