FUTURE ALIEN BARBIE
A few weeks ago, Vogue sent an email blast about Kim Kardashian’s new beauty vibe: “future alien Barbie.” I wanted to write about it, but… what else is there to say, really? In lieu of a newsletter, I present: a poem comprised of copy-and-pasted subject lines and sentence fragments, each pulled from a different email I received that same day — sent by news outlets, by newsletters, by beauty brands, by PR reps, by colleagues. A snapshot of the times. (You can read previous “inbox poems” here, here, here, and here.)
“Future Alien Barbie”
is the opposite of
Present
human being and
Apologies if I have already written this! But
isn’t that
The point of this whole
Wild
precious
brutal
fragile
magic
meandering
life?
The vision people seem to have of
a future
formulated without
wrinkles, fine lines, and crow's feet
Thanks to These Anti-Aging Skincare Products
—the boringness of it!
I’m tired of female pain and also tired of people who are tired of it.
maybe you are also screaming
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