Two Hours to Nevada

ugh, not another "cultural critique on substack kinda sucks" take (ish)

internet cultural critique continues to fall flat sometimes + important writing updates

Apr 21 • philomena marie

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April 2025

i hand the cashier my EBT card wearing vintage Cavalli and THE ROW.

In the Whole Foods, I consider signing up for Seeking Arrangements.

Apr 9, 2025 • philomena marie

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March 2025

why do you feel so hollow after a good night out with friends?

on post-social emptiness.

Mar 12, 2025 • philomena marie

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the double slit experiment

falling in love as a means of vying for social legibility.

Mar 7, 2025 • philomena marie

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February 2025

i am my own mother

on emotional parentification and self-parenting, rootlessness, and how the host of a parasite always dies twice.

Feb 17, 2025 • philomena marie

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December 2024

degrees of freedom

a brief reflection on forgetting

Dec 30, 2024 • philomena marie

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August 2024

you can't feel motion at constant velocity

restlessness as a rebellion against transience.

Aug 11, 2024 • philomena marie

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June 2024

i am not an internet cultural critic

reconciling the desire to appeal to an audience with authenticity in expression, OR: why i quit tacking "-ification" onto every noun

Jun 30, 2024 • philomena marie

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