03-16-2025 MY INSPO: community. baller boys and factory girls

 since we watched a basketball game on tuesday, i've been more interested in what the cavs players have been wearing for their tunnel fits. do the cavs have a team stylists? at the moment i can't find any recent names, but courtney mays  was a name associated with many nba players. 

my march madness consists of rating these players looks. i invite you to do the same in  this week's wear or tear poll. let's see which player is the fashion baller?

the warhol museum brought so much inspiration, like hosting a silver party, based off of andy's (sib and i will be bringing back elaborate house parties this spring/summer season). the factory girls have been an influence, particularly, poor little rich girl, edie sedgwick. 

in the museum, we saw an original campbells soup dress. 

i'm very tempted to take up screen printing as a hobby now. 

    finally, my tiktok, and our sibling discussion during our road trips have been one constant thing. community vs convenience.

     i take pride in my hyper-independence and often enjoyment in solitude. on the internet we see things that give us this kind of motivation: "i don't need a man" or "i can set boundaries". while both of these statements can absolutely be positive, they're pretty vague, but they were later used to invite more extreme individualistic statements like "you don't owe anyone anything" and small things like, "you don't have to drive your friend to the airport if you don't want to." companies use these to make sure we avoid any "socially awkward" experience, to minimize any sort of "minor inconvenience". we doordash now, so we don't have to go to the restaurant and pick up food ourselves, or sit in a restaurant. we can do it in the convenience of our home. we don't have to ask our friend for a favor to take us to the airport. we have the convenience  of uber to do so. all these online "convenient" services - are cutting us off from each other - and the sense of community. 

    even shopping - our mall, our sacred third space, is now online too. only 5 years ago we were shown what solitude does to people, during covid. we craved socialization. we craved community. 

    sib and i have so many party ideas for the spring and summer (as i mentioned just above). we want to do this partly because we have some cool ideas and we love hosting. it gives us also a chance to keep our friends socializing, networking and just seeing each other in person more. my goal this spring is to continue finding spaces to socialize more, and to cherish community over convenience. even if it means having awkward small talk with the trader joes salesperson (yes, you can give me the recipe to make homemade kefir).