In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the abhorrent kayfabe of Drake’s new “goth GF” courtship, the steamy, naturalistic Ryan McGinley portfolio that kicked off New York’s inaugural men’s style issue, and the incoming wave of dark technocrat dramas— Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything— and the risks of filmmakers drawing the map over the territory. We also get into Taylor Swift’s perplexingly jolly ode to getting picked and how the viral Western Mass lesbian bar discourse echoes three centuries of New England Puritan covenant culture.
Links:
Lin Lamar aka Pinkchyu on Instagram
“We Can Tell You Have Low Social Power” by Breanna on Labyrinth of Art via Substack
“Sombr’s ‘Sex’ Belt Was His Idea” by Eileen Cartter in GQ
“Reggie Watts Is a Prominent Ketamine Advocate. Was It His Ex’s ‘Undoing’?” by Cheyenne Roundtree in Rolling Stone
Nymphet Alumni Ep. 86: Deadheads and Dark Hippie-ism
“The Boys in the Baths” by Ryan McGinley for New York’s Men’s Style issue
“The Chrome Hearts Hustle” by Ezra Marcus for The Cut
“The Robert Pattinson and Skyler Gisondo Interview” by Slushy Noobz on YouTube
The Social Reckoning dir. Aaron Sorkin (Trailer)
Artificial dir. Luca Guadanigno (Trailer)
You Can See Everything dir. Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim (Trailer)
Lost Weekend by Phoebe Bridgers
AI-generated steel coil safety song
“I’m a Swiftie and even I think these new songs are terrible” by Poppie Platt in The Telegraph
300SkullsAndCounting & Jenny Sparks - The Ballad of St. Nick’s Park (Music Video)
Chiddy Bang - Opposite Of Adults (Music Video)
“Greenfield lesbian bar Last Ditch faces mask-rule backlash” by Annalisa Quinn in The Boston Globe
