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Haley Nahman

Haley Nahman

@haley-nahman · 6 positions · 0 changes of mind

Writer living in Brooklyn and former Man Repeller features director; writes the weekly newsletter Maybe Baby on culture and consumption.

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  1. Our reading

    Anticipating what could go wrong in a relationship is a form of self-protection, but it feels the same as anxiety.

    Their wordsAnticipating what might go wrong is a form of self-protection, but also, it's going to feel pretty much identical to anxiety, which is good to keep in mind.

    ↗#283: My boyfriend’s insomnia has me spinning outhaleynahman.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  3. Our reading

    A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects.

    Their wordsMy general view on a partner with a challenging quality is that to make peace with it, two things need to be true: 1. They have enough wonderful qualities you value to compensate for it, and 2. They don't make you feel alone or lonely in dealing with the runoff of said challenging quality.

    ↗#283: My boyfriend’s insomnia has me spinning outhaleynahman.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

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  5. Our reading

    Marketing aimed at an identity group creates demand for that category rather than simply meeting demand that already existed.

    Their wordsIt's hard to escape that economic engine, and easy to mistake its machinations for reality-a supply rising to meet demand, say, rather than a warped supply that whips up demand.

    ↗#282: Movies “for women”haleynahman.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  7. Our reading

    Markets have an incentive to favor the most nameable, easily depicted aspects of an identity group over its fuller complexity.

    Their wordsThe market has an incentive to privilege aspects of womanhood that can be named, depicted, and immediately recognized.

    ↗#282: Movies “for women”haleynahman.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

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  9. Our reading

    There is no one right way to live; different, opposing choices can be equally valid.

    Their wordsOur respective choices didn't represent the right or wrong way to live, but rather two distinct approaches to living that were equally useful and utterly opposed; irreducible to prescription.

    ↗#281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved offhaleynahman.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  11. Our reading

    Involuntary patterns reveal something true about a person, and even their deliberate actions are a form of unintentional self-expression.

    Their wordsthere exists a wisdom in the involuntary, and that our attempts to shape reality, however intentional, are themselves a form of unintentional expression.

    ↗#281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved offhaleynahman.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece