Rayne Fisher-Quann

Canadian essayist and cultural critic known for introspective long-form essays on attention and modern life.

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The perpetual present-tense

Heteropessimism, "gender war," and the perils of getting stuck in the present

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Ask Rayne

Unlocking a highly-requested paid post, and an AMA.

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Capitalism makes women of us all

thoughts on the manosphere, and on a few other things

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Centrist imaginations

A response to a bad article, a bad book, and a bad publication

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My awesome gift guide

IN THE SPECTACLE'S BASIC PRACTICE OF INCORPORATING INTO ITSELF ALL THE FLUID ASPECTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY SO AS TO POSSESS THEM IN A CONGEALED FORM... WE RECOGNIZE OUR OLD ENEMY THE COMMODITY.

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Crisis of faith

on cultural criticism and pain; I don't know the answer to this one

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How i read

another long masterpost about reading (and writing) (and working)

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Resident evil

on my various pursuits of weightlessness

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What i read

a snapshot of my day-to-day reading, featuring 60+ books, magazines, journals, essays, and more

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What 8,900+ readers hate about the state of writing today

plus: fewer boys than i thought, infidelity stats, and more results from the internet princess reader survey

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Poser ethics

on faking it. part one of a series of posts about books.

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I am conducting a survey

its not a Normal Survey its going to be so fun I promise

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critics, fans, and subjects (with tavi gevinson)

we also discuss self-knowledge, immediacy, blogging, and (obviously) Taylor Swift

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Anora's American Dream

nationalist fairytales, hetero-optimism, trad wives, and Anora as final girl

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Machine yearning

what do we want from the internet? what will it take to get it?

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Choosing to walk

AI writing tools, labour, and my only writing advice

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cruel optimism new year

I don't feel any different

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THE LAST GIFT GUIDE

a gift guide in november is like when your mom tells you how to use a tampon at age eight: technically will be useful eventually but is mostly just stressful

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the ends of empathy

sentimentality, psychopolitics, and the paralysis of "empathy for all"

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halloween costumes & more

by popular demand

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against narrative

a love story, or an essay about love stories, or the opposite of both

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