Viktor Shklovsky knows how to reel 'em in

My two favorite things about Nicole Lipman's piece about SHEIN:

* learning that SHEIN is short for She Inside

* this customer review that reads like Gertrude Stein

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What an excellent review from Lisa Borst. Never smiled so much while reading. Gonna dive back into Nicholson Baker in tribute.

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Actually, the piece is a tour de force on the subject of dread.

Epic piece on NYC trash from Eric Lach. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

“SHEIN has shown the world that unsustainability pays. Together with the companies that will follow its example of ultra-fast fashion, SHEIN will accelerate the already-rapid acceleration toward global catastrophe.”

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I completely dreaded this essay coming out, I hope that perversely bodes well for the reading experience.

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“Bikercore, Dopamine Dressing, RomComCore, Bloke Core.” Nicole Lipman on SHEIN is an instant classic. The most hilarious, knowing, and humane chronicle we have of this new frontier of consumerist delirium.

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