The Arcades
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| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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DIGEST 130: Brother Trafficking Summer
It was apparently the same temperature and humidity in New York last week as it is in the Amazon. I like it. I’m drawn back to August on Swan Street on the North Shore of Staten Island, where I grew up. Our neighbor Daniel Davis had an abov...
DIGEST 129: Madame Bovary Girl Summer Starts Now!
At Auction August 5-11, 2026
I have been transfixed by Rushtok—the annual tradition (dating from 2020) of sororities posting group tiktoks that serve as an advertisement to induce young women to join. The phenomenon is mostly Southern and...
DIGEST 128: Unchosen Family
At Auction July 29-August 5, 2026
I’m in Provincetown for what is apparently “Family Week” (the season is organized into semi-official theme weeks—Bear Week, Women’s Week, Leather Week, etc.). The place is awash in gay parents navigating a...
DIGEST 127: Arcadiana 2, The Definitive Playlist for Girls Who Have Considered Substack When the Beach is Enough
At Auction July 22-28, 2026
I found myself on the beach yesterday (a Monday), staring into the cloudless sky and wondering if I might benefit from a little more structure in my life. I’m partial to the beach at Fort Tilden, entering the be...
DIGEST 126: Arcades Reader (Pejorative)
I wrote this piece for PIN-UP about the Met’s show of Gothic architectural drawings. Read the piece and check out the show (it closes this week, so see it ASAP).
I was discussing books on tape with some friends on Friday and either Harley...
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