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Jeff G's avatar

Very well done. You’re one of the few people on Substack who can write. Or perhaps I should say, who can write on Substack. There are many people who can write, but who don’t write well on Substack. Because we’re in the attention economy here and everything is performative, and so often suffers from look-at-me-ism. This reads as though it was written for a conference a few months down the road. That’s a compliment!

Also, a question: have you read William Ian Miller‘s Anatomy of Disgust? Very good IMHO.

Finally, an anecdote about Martin Luther, who was known to be an earthy guy. He and his wife made dinner for a bunch of people. He asked them if they enjoyed it. They said yes. And he responded: “well then why aren’t you all burping and farting?”

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Derek Lomas's avatar

Nice post. Good reading flow; astonished that you can talk in public so vulnerably about all those internal anxieties which would otherwise seem to inhibit sharing. Courageous—not as fearlessness but overcoming fear. Like most people reading this, I have fewer anxieties and more inhibitions. It’s admirable.

I like how the piece communicates your skill as a writer — whether or not you edited this heavily, it reads raw, flowing and uncomfortably captivating.

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