Ryu Spaeth

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Ryu Spaeth

Saxon Ratliff, the protein-shake-blending, muscle-bound bro at the center of the latest season of The White Lotus, is the man of our moment. Played with impish glee by Patrick Schwarzenegger, Saxon is the sort of young male we're supposed to care a lot about these days: scornful of political correctness, indifferent to what is happening outside his privileged bubble, definitely voted for Trump.

2 months ago | nymag.com | Ryu Spaeth

Chris Hayes cuts a peculiar figure in the media landscape. He is omnivorously inquisitive, his owlish frames imparting the sense that he is always on the lookout for new information to hunt down and digest. He is an archetypal social-media know-it-all, equally confident dispensing his thoughts on sports, culture, and politics. And he is the rare pundit to have truly important insights into the workings of the world, predicting our anti-Establishment era in his 2012 book, Twilight of the Elites.

Oct 22, 2024 | cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Debbie Nathan |Mosab Abu Toha |Ryu Spaeth |Jillian Anthony

Listen to the newest CSBC podcast ep: Design a creative routine that works. I talk about the life-changing magic of creative routines and how to create your own; encourage you to create your art NOW and not later; and actually say the sentence, ā€œI need to be almost sexually attracted to my notebooks.ā€Last week, I wrote about Fall Repotting Day, and how Iā€™m planting some new seeds. This Saturday, I did one more home chore Iā€™ve put off for a very long time.

Oct 7, 2024 | foreigncorrespondence.substack.com | Matt Duss |Franklin Foer |Ryu Spaeth |Yasmeen Serhan

Hello, and happy it’s Monday. This correspondence comes to you on a grim anniversary. One year ago today, Hamas militants breached the security barrier separating the besieged Gaza Strip from Israel and began a rampage that would result in the killing of 1,200 people and the capturing of a further 251 who were taken into Gaza as hostages. What followed that somber day—the deadliest for Jews since the Holocaust—has been one of the most destructive and brutal military campaigns in modern history.

Sep 26, 2024 | portside.org | Ryu Spaeth

The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates. A Decade After “The Case for Reparations,” He Is Ready To Take On Israel, Palestine, and the American Media. Published September 26, 2024 It was mid-August, roughly a month and a half before his new book, The Message, was set to be published, and Ta-Nehisi Coates was in my face, on my level, his eyes wide and aflame and his hands swallowing his scalp as he clutched it in disbelief and wonder and rage.