Archive - Refinement is Resistance

The Death of Discernment

And the undermining of originality.

Aug 15 •

July 2025

How to Make a Great Escape

Sanctuary in the City.

Jul 11 •

Jul 4 •

A Wintour's end. Perhaps.

Core Curriculum: Everything You Need to Know I Learned at Vogue.

Jul 3 •

June 2025

May 2025

Shipwrecked with Sebastian Junger

And how I survived.

May 30 •

Home of the free, or the GOP?

It's Memorial Day in America- what will YOU do?

May 26 •

The Salon is in Sessions.

This peeling, crumbling arts scene is peak style.

May 23 •

How to win friends and influence people

The art of the meal.

May 21 •

Holy plot twist

Sweet Jesus! And, oh brother who art thou?

May 15 •

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