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ClosDeVal
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Contributing writer @unherd. Food column @OSV Author of The Writer’s Table, forthcoming from @thequartogroup
Why are the eco people demanding their cheap Chinese stuff? Was “shop local” always bullshit for the haute bourgeoisie? @unherd.com unherd.com/2025/05/trum...
Trump's war on cheap plastic junk
unherd.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Wooden toys won’t save us but impurity might. My thoughts on Mother Media by #hannahzeavin. Today for @unherd.com unherd.com/2025/05/rage...
Rage against the mom machine
unherd.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Amanda Knox is innocent, but she does seem eerily like the manic-pixie-dreamgirl most likely to secretly be a serial killer. Today for @unherd.bsky.social @sohrabahmari.bsky.social unherd.com/2025/03/aman...
The creepiness of Amanda Knox
unherd.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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As promised — smart smart reviewer @valeriestivers.bsky.social and addl shout out to world’s greatest asst ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social for her astute work on this
I adore this reviewer’s writing (and I’ll repost this notice of it if I can find Valerie Stivers on bsky…)
Such a smart take on one of the smartest current books— hope some of the #authors #writers #readers here check it out @therumpus.net and then check out #BerlinAtomized
"Kornberg writes in aphorisms; each sentence is like a bullet, targeting her characters and their milieu."

Rich Kids Want to Die Too: Valerie Stivers reviews Julia Kornberg’s Berlin Atomized.

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February 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I adore this reviewer’s writing (and I’ll repost this notice of it if I can find Valerie Stivers on bsky…)
Such a smart take on one of the smartest current books— hope some of the #authors #writers #readers here check it out @therumpus.net and then check out #BerlinAtomized
"Kornberg writes in aphorisms; each sentence is like a bullet, targeting her characters and their milieu."

Rich Kids Want to Die Too: Valerie Stivers reviews Julia Kornberg’s Berlin Atomized.

➡️ https://buff.ly/433peop
February 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
How porn swallowed everything
unherd.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have no idea what to do on here.
February 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today on @unherd.bsky.social a story by a teen TikTok girl on how the app’s enemies are missing the point. Also girl happens to be my daughter. unherd.com/2025/02/tikt...
TikTok girls like me are just fine
unherd.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I edited my router’s DNS settings this morning to porn-block my home for my kids, and it blocked the @therumpus.net . What did the Rumpus do?!&
February 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM