Berlant & Novak

Jacqueline has made it "home" to her preferred London rental after a harrowing journey through Ireland and Amsterdam*. Kate has left London where she saw the second ghost of her life and sawed throug…

The hags are in Europe. Jacqueline joins from a hotel room in Dublin, sick with a cold, praying to angels. Kate joins from London where in a state of suspension, she lives out of one suitcase and bet…

With the "States" forgotten, Jacqueline and Kate are both in London, dealing with restaurant "bookings." An animal darts past Jacqueline explaining the screeches from the night before. Kate's sufferi…

Jacqueline gets a fly fisherman’s vest to avoid crossing rooms while Kate diligently prepares for travel. The morning shed trend and how to use an hour? Two pomodoros or (10 +2)5. Kate asserts her pl…

Kate texts Jacqueline whenever she drinks Celsius because it's that rare. Topical magnesium so special it’s kept in the back of Erewhon. To start a rumor you were cut out of The Brutalist. When Rocke…

Jacqueline overhears two energy healers talking shit about a third. Ego versus essence. Not everyone spends their time in the aisles of self-help. Admiring angry. A decorative rug in the bathroom ver…

The human body can manage all manner of insults and injuries, but complimentary valet should be standard. Shiny versus glowy versus sliding down the hood of a car. Kate gets a hot towel at the barber…

If you sleep eight hours, there's sixteen hours left with which to work. One cigarette in the front dummy pack and last night’s dessert is known in today’s lymphatic massage. The ice cream behind the…

The hags are at a crossroads when it comes to brewing tea. To see a three-inch text, be touched by it, then be swept in the current of life. A read receipts reveal. Four serums, but who was the hero?…

Construction paper, doilies, hearts drawn with varying depths of cleavage. Empty restaurants on Wednesday evenings. The Grove at closing time. A life in the arts rejects the calendar in favor of Vale…

Agamemnon cries in the margins of The Odyssey. Honored to fear nature, the glacier melts in a time-lapse. Alka-Seltzer’s effervescence. Still waiting on Koia to send pallets. Would you rather a ricke…

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A huge clock in every room cha…

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Sitting with a friend with a …

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When Rocket Money fails to fl…

Decision making is violent. You have to murder the other options. Consequences do not inspire us, but passion, urgency, interest, challenge and novelty do. Jacqueline brings along a novel planner she…

Clucking in the Hen House. It’s New Year’s Eve, a loaded time for many, if you forget there are endless ways to throw away your life without throwing away your life. Exit the the prison of potential.…

Jacqueline and Kate are remote and eager to make their homes an environment where Christmas can thrive — but how? Clutter abounds. Coffee and chocolate is needed. The joy of the holiday persists, des…

The Christmas episode.

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A new cobbler and Wifi in the car. Kate makes a friend in the airport lounge. Jacqueline makes a frozen snowman cocktail design. The art of not looking lost in luxury spaces, boarding time as the onl…

Experience Christmas through the lens of a woman. Do the unimaginable: trust one’s taste and execute it in the home. The IKEA parking lot is an office. The threat of the wired sconce. Kate rides high…