"For whatever reason, I felt compelled to go looking for the origins of the fancy toast trend. How does such a thing get started? What determines how far it goes? I wanted to know." —John Gravois "A Toast Story." Pacific Standard. January 13, 2014. I remember going to a bar once, and everyone was wearing … Continue reading When Toast Was “The Tip of the Hipster Spear”
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Free Speech: A Magic Shield That Lets You Be An Asshole?
"The strategy of a lot of the people on the far right is to get us to attack our own institutions and not think that they’re valuable anymore. By waving free speech around as if it was a magic shield that lets you be an asshole, they’ve convinced a significant percentage of the rest of … Continue reading Free Speech: A Magic Shield That Lets You Be An Asshole?
