the ocean always wins

Some stuff I’ve written since we last spoke:

• Roundup of queer-owned beauty brands, for ALLURE

Some pieces I’ve enjoyed recently:

• ‘Bread is practically sacred’: how the taste of home sustained my refugee parents

• This old essay by Zadie Smith on the distinction between pleasure and joy, for NYRB

• Haley’s latest missive for SSENSE, this time on tiny bags (and …