Meditations in an Emergency

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Birth of the anti-cool

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Nov 25, 2023
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“Girl Yawning” (1913), Edvard Munch

A friend I’ve known a long time, nearly 25 years, said this week, “Why were we always so obsessed with cool people?”

Cool people! The cool kids, cool adults, cool looks. Right bands, right clothes, right takes—meaning there were also wrong bands and clothes, lame people, boring looks. On the other side of the hill, thro…

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