marie kondo | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:22:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Reimagining Excess https://www.thesmartset.com/reimagining-excess/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reimagining-excess https://www.thesmartset.com/reimagining-excess/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:22:02 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=64738 “All Things Are Too Small” declares the title, borrowed from a 13th-century Dutch mystic, of the new collection of essays by Becca Rothfeld, one of the most prolific and versatile critics working today. The claim initially confused me. Too small? Casting a weary glance at the way we live now — visual excess blaring from […]

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