Personal essays, cultural criticism, and the smaller true things — an octopus and what it costs to risk connection again, the video games that gave a kid a place to lose without consequence, the unglamorous reality of dating apps. This is where the sociologist and the memoirist share a destination
Fleshy and Eager: On Risk, An Octopus, and Connection
A personal essay on Remarkably Bright Creatures, isolation, intimacy, and what it means to risk connection again in a world shaped by ease, legibility, and self-protection.