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Categories: Articles, sam does things, thoughts | Comments Off on On the illusion of order

Today at the office I was discussing design and advertising with a colleague from product marketing. One of our products was featured in a magazine and I told him something like “This is so cool! but it’s also a lie!”, and he was like “what are you talking about?” and I was like, “Well, I […]

Categories: Articles, sam does things, thoughts | Comments Off on On power couples/partnerships and the importance of the details

This week I received an email update from Amanda Palmer where she wrote about the notion of being in and “indie power couple”. This was how she and Neil Gaiman (her partner) were described by a fan, who tagged her in a Twitter post where there were some pictures of her and Nail together. Except […]

Categories: Articles, pop culture, sam listens things, thoughts | Comments Off on Women’s desire, Chris, and Fleabag again

This week I have been listening non stop to Chris from Christine and the Queens. I got intrigued by her lyrics and her gender non-conforming style, which made me think of the increasing representation of women beyond the clichés and stereotypes in pop culture. What is to be a man or a woman in contemporary […]

Categories: Articles, pop culture, sam watches things, thoughts | Comments Off on Midsommar, vulnerability, and the cult of romantic love

In 2019 I had a “summer love”. I don’t know what we were, but it helped me. It helped me to understand how relationships are different and getting closer to answering the question of “what do I want”. After three months kind-of-together, we decided to end the whatever-we-had. But I think primarily it was her […]