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things i’ve liked this week, vol. 12

2025-10-05

here are some things i’ve liked this week. just two, in fact. life has been busy.

“experiences in groups” by lily scherlis

I finally understood what projection meant: we needed her to fall apart so we could feel put together by comparison.

a wonderful article on group relations, a rather obscure discipline it seems that aims to study the dynamics of groups. the author connects it with her experience finding her role in the columbia university gaza solidarity encampments.

as a neurodivergent bundle of wires who has had a lot of trouble expressing herself in groups, i found a lot of insight in this article about group dynamics, the nature of projection, how members in a group act as a sort of amphora for collective emotion or sentiment and how that is kind of what a group is. group relations also seems just so nefariously culty in a way only a bunch of english aristocrats could cook up. the end result is that i left reading the article strangely drawn to the idea but also wondering about how i am affected by conflicting cultural mores that shape groups: english colonialism, chinese traditionalism, american exceptionalism. (and american colonialism too.)

don’t trust mirrors by kelly moran

somewhat of a remix of her previous work moves in the field, this album finds her reinterpolating past melodies on prepared piano but this time infused with ethereal synths. very good! not much else to say because i am honestly bad at describing music so i’ll instead attach an interview with pitchfork where she stans and theorycrafts tate mcrae. sure, maybe i’ll go listen to her too.