
@newyorkerJul 17, 2026 · 2:43 · original sound - The New Yorker
Today, everyone is hot and nothing is erotic. “The face is separating from the person, and the person is separating from the soul, and all of this is happening in front of us, on our phones, in the most banal ways, every day,” Jia Tolentino writes, in a new essay about how the prevalence of artificial and augmented beauty has changed how we relate to one another—and ourselves. Read it at the link in our bio. #essay #culturalcriticsm
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