on vibing - by mary retta - close but not quite
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on vibes, the apocalypse, and non linear time
Click here to read this essay on Substack. I. There's this moment I'm faced with about once a week––during Zoom calls for work, or on the phone with my grandmother––when someone asks me the question, "so what have you been up to?" Perhaps irrationally, this prompt always sends me into a bit of a panic. So I’ll talk about work and books and TV, and try hard to say something that will make me sound normal. “I’ve been reading,” I say. “I’ve been knitting and baking and playing guitar.” None of these things are lies. I baked banana bread this morning. But if I really felt safe, and didn’t…
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