It is a profoundly moving thing to see someone who I do not know engage with my work with such vulnerability and openness. Perfume is such an intensely connective, misunderstood, arresting, and largely overlooked artform. I’m so grateful that I get to call it my work.

I fully appreciate that National Review’s primary audience doesn’t know who Arendt is. And I understand why any group of conservative hacks would go out of their way to ensure their followers never read her work.

But this lede is still one of the most batshit bits of writing I’ve read all year.

Why on god’s ruined earth would I feel bad for that rotted <homophobic slur>?

I think so much less of any/everyone who I’ve heard try to argue that what makes Karoline Leavitt disgusting is that she’s married to & has a kid with a man who is older than her.

Their age gap isn’t the reason she’s disgusting.

Her being the lead propagandist for a fascist regime is.

Pretend the latticework / scoring isn’t a hot mess and just focus on the ear okay

@alyssaharad.bsky.social did you see this news?!