I want to destroy the words "interesting" and "sparkly"

Harmful categorizations

I don’t like SPARC’s end-of-camp survey question “How useful was SPARC to you for meeting interesting people?” I don’t like the niche but semi-popular-on-Curius blog post sparkly people and how to find them.1 I despise the notion that runs wild throughout many of my social circles—that some people are “interesting” and “sparkly.” And I want to erase these words from existence, independent of whether these designations serve some important purpose, independent of whether I like or respect the people who use them. I mean no prejudice toward either SPARC or the blog post author. The survey…

saved by

• Jacob G-W
• Zoe Schurman
• Vihaan Sondhi
• Vincent Cheng

related reading

• “Interesting" and "sparkly"sparcjcs.substack.com
• “Interesting" and "sparkly" - by Andrew Wu - SPARC JC Blogsparcjcs.substack.com
• “Interesting" and "sparkly"substack.com
• “Interesting" and "sparkly"sparc24jcs.substack.com
• “Interesting" and "sparkly"substack.com
• sparkly people and how to find them - by Anson Yuanson.substack.com
• sparkly people and how to find them - by Anson Yuanson.substack.com
• a quest to be more intentional (sparkle edition)notebook.neelr.dev
• sparkly people and how to find themsubstack.com
• Stop trying to have "interesting" friends - by Eli Qianeliqian.substack.com
• Sparklinesslogangraves.com
• Vulnerability // cached thoughtsandrewwu.substack.com