axes & axioms by @katiewav

"a call for new aesthetics" and the future of art

on "A Call for New Aesthetics," Bauhaus, Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," etc.

Feb 10 • katie

the Californian ideology, revisited

on the "Tech Right," abundance liberalism, and "The Adolescence of Technology"

Feb 1 • katie

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December 2025

2025 favorites

films, books, video games, etc.

Dec 12, 2025 • katie

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June 2025

a speculative world

on speculation and its socialities

Jun 19, 2025 • katie

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attention is all you need (?)

on attention markets, memecoins, and hyperreality

Jun 19, 2025 • katie

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December 2024

2024 brainworms

Moving (1993)

Dec 10, 2024 • katie

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October 2024

goodbye, quarter of a century

a reflection on the first 25 years of life

Oct 13, 2024 • katie

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May 2024

movies to watch before you die

I asked some people for a movie they think everyone should watch before they die, here’s what they said:

May 18, 2024 • katie

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January 2024

a eulogy for polyvore (RIP 2007-2018)

on fanfiction, community, and decentralized media

Jan 20, 2024 • katie

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December 2023

things that altered my brain chemistry in 2023

Mind Game (2004)

Dec 9, 2023 • katie

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November 2023

the mind-body connection

on anxiety, control, and running

Nov 18, 2023 • katie

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October 2023

where does music go from here

on streaming, social discovery, media criticism

Oct 25, 2023 • katie

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