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An influencer juggling a book and their phone inside a room filled with books as props and other ephemera while their cat watches the world burn outside.

A Forest of Special Editions and Influencers

What happens when books become aesthetic objects?

A smiling Marie Kondo on the set of her popular television show.

Blank Slate

Spiritual emptiness is clearing our closets.

A rainbow-colorful illustration of a brown-skinned woman shopping in a thrift store of delights, featuring a pink guitar, records, a sun hat, and electronics

The Paradox of Thrift

My newfound love for thrifting high-quality items inadvertently triggered old childhood traumas and memories of imposter syndrome .

Elizabeth Gilbert and Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday. They're in lounge chairs on a grass lawn, clasping hands and smiling.

Eat, Pray, Spend

Priv-lit and the new, enlightened American dream.