Archive - Fantasy Self

It's Not That The Birkin Bag Is The Wrong Size

What's really wrong with Ryan Murphy's badly styled Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Jun 22 •

Is It A Glamorous Fantasy, Or Just A Daydream?

How to tell if you're remembering your future...or just bored.

Jun 14 •

May 2025

Phantasms: Dreams/Burdens

A piece of what could be considered autofiction! Who even am I, Karl Ove Knausgaard??!

May 13 •

April 2025

Do You Believe In Magic?

Radical disclosures and a basic gut check on what this newsletter is (nothing's really changing, I'm just processing!)

Apr 29 •

The Future Isn't What It Used To Be

Tracking the Dread To Nostalgia Pipeline In The Collective Consciousness

Apr 8 •

March 2025

My Lonely Life As A Hitchcock Blonde

on archetypes and attachment styles

Mar 3 •

January 2025

The Good Place/The Place That Cannot Be

On the death of a dream in Los Angeles.

Jan 12 •

December 2024

Tears of Gold Like Lemonade

Part Three of the Lana Del Rey series: Ultraviolence.

Dec 9, 2024 •

November 2024

The Real Problem With The JaGUar Rebrand

This week in corporate fuckery, we have a spectacular failure for a storied brand. Come pick it apart with me!

Nov 24, 2024 •

This isn’t about glamour, you guys. It’s about me. How self-centered!

Nov 9, 2024 •

October 2024

Stop Conflating Glamour with Romance

Who else has a fetish for DEFINING THEIR TERMS!

Oct 31, 2024 •

I've Got A War In My Mind

Part 2 of the Lana Del Rey series looks at the counterintuitive glamour of Ride.

Oct 18, 2024 •

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