What are the similarities between these systems and structures- how do they mutually reinforce one another?
How, and to what extent, do “invisibilia” constrain or otherwise influence individuals? In “Always Be Optimizing,” Tolentino presents her optimized women as a paradox; she is both “always optimizing,” actively believing herself to the be the “architect” of her own life (66), but also passively, “preemptively controlled”(64). Foer also engages with this dilemma, starting with […]