The Default World

Envy is the most embarrassing of the deadly sins, the one sin of seven that few would admit to, let alone identify as ruling their lives. But envy is a widespread disease: an abiding force within social media, gossip, work; often framing how a person looks at and presents themselves to the world. Ku......more

This bitter but enjoyable novel calls to mind the Ben Jonson plays I was reading last month. A kind of contemporary trans Bartholomew Fair. Caustic satire, with a strong moral compass drawn entirely in the negative, apparent only in what’s missing. Like Jonson, Kanakia delights in hypocrisy. Like Jo......more

THE DEFAULT WORLD is what the characters of Naomi Kanakia’s novel call the state of mind where normalos live. The people still chained to heterosexuality, monogamy, to The Family Unit—but not them. They are enlightened, rich, beautiful, sexy, they fuck who they want and when they want, they use drug......more

quite an off-putting book with extremely unlikeable and flawed characters. i found myself a little lost on and confused by the culture of the community described in this book so it was a bit jarring at times what i liked was there’s a ton of examination and criticism of performative wokeness here in......more

Sock wants to know why you're weaponizing your neurotypical privilege by asking them to do the dishes......more