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Word of the Day: Banausic

Ordinary people, at work.

Jan 12 • Stowe Boyd

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December 2025

Rama Duwaji

New York City's new First Lady

Dec 28, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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Word of the Day: Mise en Abyme

Picture in a picture, infinite regression.

Dec 20, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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Gen Z Stare Aesthetic

Leset has adopted the same style as Everlane

Dec 18, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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AI slop is ruining everything.

And we are being programmed to talk like them.

Dec 8, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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What is this Aesthetic?

Everlane doesn't smile.

Dec 2, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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Word of the Day: Rage Bait

I'm down with the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year.

Dec 2, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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November 2025

Word of the Day: Broetry

A barrage of single sentence paragraphs culminating in some chest-thumping way.

Nov 30, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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Word of the Day: Coverture

When a woman's rights were subsumed by those of her husband.

Nov 26, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Conflict Entrepreneur

Where there is online strife, there's a buck to be made.

Nov 25, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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Back to Substack

Tumblr cancelled my account for unknown reasons.

Nov 24, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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August 2025

A Future We Can Choose

Ben Rhodes on the need for a Democratic vision of the future.

Aug 11, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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