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#1 - Living close to your friends, AI photography, and how we can't scape neoliberalism

Welcome to the first edition of The Substacker!

Luiza B. Campos
Apr 30, 2023
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Hey there, glad to have you here.

This is the first edition of The Substacker! I hope it's the first of many.

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The Substacker will be a small online magazine filled with great writing from Substack. The idea is to bring mostly unknown writers to the forefront so more people can enjoy them. Also, make it easier for readers to have a single place to go for great writing.

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Culture Study

You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?

A few theories why

A recent article in The Atlantic made the case for doing something that a lot of us — particularly those in our 30s and 40s, especially those whose careers (or whose partners’ careers) have led us to live in places where we wouldn’t necessarily choose to live — spending a lot of time thinking and dreaming about. Specifically: moving closer to your close friends.

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You Think too Much

Find the book you know you could write

The importance of attainability and role models

I was talking to a writer friend this week about a book they were reading. I asked if they liked it. They said it was okay and added, “…it feels very attainable, like I feel like I could write something like this.”

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FlakPhoto Digest

It's not photography

Or is it? The medium is evolving. Again.

Have you seen this image?

By now, I’m guessing that you have. I quite like it. It’s a beautiful picture — evocative and weird in a wonderfully cinematic way. The image is from Boris Eldagsen’s PSEUDOMNESIA: Fake Memories series. Is it photography? Not quite.

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The Green Fix

I'm just sick of government greenwashing & I want you to know what they're doing

This is kind of a Big Deal.
Picture of a river through a city under a stone bridge. A pub is on the side. People are walking alongsied the river on a fenced footpath.

I went home, I think. Not sure. The UK looked the same. Streets led to the same place. Same creaking old beautiful awkward polite arrogant country I remember.

But the supermarket shelves, they lie empty. And the trains - they don’t run much. That wasn’t familiar to me. And the politicians on TV don’t sound like us, don’t think like us, and know that we didn’t vote for them.

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Everything is Horrible

Is Substack a Neoliberal Hellhole?

Kind of!

Wikipedia, CC

“We think the internet's powers, married to the right business model, can be harnessed to build the most valuable media economy the world has ever known,” Substack declares, “an economy where value is measured not only in dollars but also in quality, in good-faith discourse, and in creating an internet that celebrates and supports humanity.”

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SELF HELP

Intention. Interpretation. Impact.

Who decides what art means?

There’s a part in a Talking Heads song when David Byrne yell-sings, “You’re talking a lot, but you’re not saying anything!” I tasted this particular flavor of irritation while watching a YouTube video in which a prospective MFA student described her portfolio, which was then critiqued by two art instructors.

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Elizabeth Marro
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May 14Liked by Luiza B. Campos

I love this, Luiza!

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Robyn Ryle
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May 10Liked by Luiza B. Campos

Thanks so much for the shout-out and such a great idea!

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