Reel of Unconsciousness

by Maddie Sensibile

Makeup. It’s a tough thing. You know Lou Reed’s song of the same name, you’ve grown up feeling pressured to put it on once you get to middle school… Why? Maybe it’s the somewhat recent launch of Glossier and its “skin first, makeup second” message, but I’ve experienced an epiphany, making me realize that I CAN feel confident sans makeup.

That chart is part of a column at Grantland. It’s called Drake, Counted. You can see the rest here. 

Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity Book is in stores now. Please go buy one. Thanks. You’re the best. I hope good things happen to you. 

“What single worldly observance is there which cannot be avoided?  If you comply with the demands of society and persist in regarding them as inevitable, then your desires increase, your person suffers, and your mind is never free from care.  You spend your whole life hindered by a succession of trifling duties, and anon it comes to an unprofitable close.