Robin James sees corporations monetize liminal space—an eerie vibe and a state of systemic failure—and then sell you a way out of it, turning empty public space into private crises.

Anna and Ellen Ioanes document the changing meaning of the word “aesthetic” reflected in the evolution of Aesthetics Wiki’s moderators and users: a practice of identity-making in an era of neoliberalism. From this encyclopedia, we come to recognize a fully realized style when we see it: something that is just so aesthetic.

Are Crocs ✨aesthetic✨? Tom Martin writes the phenomenology of Crocs—how we see them on other people, and how the world is revealed to us by wearing them.