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In Defense of Chill

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There is a very of-the-moment essay over at Matter that’s incredibly persuasive and enjoyable, called “Against Chill.” In it, Alana Massey cold-cocks the concept, stripping this clamored-for laid-back state of its glassy-eyed pose and exposing it for the zombified, emotionally bankrupt act it often is. But as much as I love the spirit of the piece, I can’t fully agree with it. Because I am not against chill. I’m for chill—sometimes. And you should be, too—sometimes. Everyone needs some chill in their lives—sometimes. The trick is figuring out when. But let’s start with Massey’s argument. She begins with the Great Chill Massacre of 2014, an unspecified day last year when she realized that’d she written herself into a corner of chill with the six men she was casually seeing. She was playing it way too cool, when in fact she wanted something serious. Massey writes: My willingness to call dates “hanging out” in perpetuity sometimes gives the impression that I am in possession of the amorph

In Defense of Chill Tracy Moore --> By Tracy Moore | April 9, 2015 | 4:10pm Latest Copy to clipboard × Copy Link Copy Link --> Facebook X --> Reddit Bluesky Email --> × Copy Link Facebook X Reddit Email --> 0 : There is a very of-the-moment essay over at Matter that’s incredibly persuasive and enjoyable, called “Against Chill.” In it, Alana Massey cold-cocks the concept, stripping this clamored-for laid-back state of its glassy-eyed pose and exposing it for the zombified, emotionally bankrupt act it often is. But as much as I love the spirit of the piece, I can’t fully agree with it. Because I

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