Tattoos
Life stories, writ large
Remarks on the history of modern tattoos
Unholy influences
The weird and not so wonderful world of influencers, and an open invitation to Theodore Dalrymple to get inked
Thinking on inking
An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing
Ties out, tattoos in
Whether ties are out or tattoos are in, there is a performative aspect that in both cases can hide a murkier if not awful truth
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The name game
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The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
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