On exile, freedom ideologies and the independence of judgment.
Wow. Thanks for writing this Matt. You just can't take your freedom for granted. Even in the land of the free
If anyone fits the definition of an exiled writer it's Bari Weiss. But keep on not getting it.
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss, the symbol of writerly exile? I do suppose one of us is not getting it.
I guess if you were asleep from 2020 until now you'd think she leveraged her sweet NYT gig into this. But that's not what happened, is it?
She quit her job and persuaded powerful people to give her lots of money. A regular James Baldwin.
Matt, I remember: When Bari was getting hounded out of the NYT you cheered it on. So this is what you get. Envy harder.
Since you remember and I don’t, please point me at what I said.
https://x.com/mattdpearce/status/963836799616303105
Yeah sometimes the nerd girl that they wouldn’t let sit at the popular kids table shows up at the reunion with the cool job and the Mercedes. Sucks, doesn’t it?
Well put - see you around K Town
Wow. Thanks for writing this Matt. You just can't take your freedom for granted. Even in the land of the free
If anyone fits the definition of an exiled writer it's Bari Weiss. But keep on not getting it.
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss, the symbol of writerly exile? I do suppose one of us is not getting it.
I guess if you were asleep from 2020 until now you'd think she leveraged her sweet NYT gig into this. But that's not what happened, is it?
She quit her job and persuaded powerful people to give her lots of money. A regular James Baldwin.
Matt, I remember: When Bari was getting hounded out of the NYT you cheered it on. So this is what you get. Envy harder.
Since you remember and I don’t, please point me at what I said.
https://x.com/mattdpearce/status/963836799616303105
Yeah sometimes the nerd girl that they wouldn’t let sit at the popular kids table shows up at the reunion with the cool job and the Mercedes. Sucks, doesn’t it?
Well put - see you around K Town