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My unrealistic childhood standard wasn't Barbie. It was Disney Channel's portrayal of casually precocious and successful tweens.

This is why the Emily Mariko tote bag is $120

The most popular daughters of the Prada nylon re-editions right now are the UNIQLO Round Mini Shoulder Bag and BAGGU's Crescent and Nylon Shoulder Bags. Like the Stanley cup, they're something of a IYKYK collectible because of their lightweight functionality, cute colors, and relative affordability.
But what happened to Prada's 90s-2000s daughters? AKA Kipling and LeSportsac? Anyone still remember them? I'm predicting that the item-specific trend fatigue will kick in but the nylon crescent bag trend will continue, giving an opportunity for these brands and their abundant pockets to return (and giving you an opportunity to give your Gen Alpha/Gen Z child a "vintage" gift from the back of your closet.)

you may not understand who or what you follow, but you might understand idol worship more easily when you consider who can condemn you.

For Jia Tolentino, dubbed the millennial Joan Didion, and the New Yorker to see Matty Healy as profile-worthy only validates his delusions and encourages the tepidly “subversive” behavior that only makes him look like a fool. It’s not that deep. He’s not that edgy. He is not a stargirl.

Marnie is the character best served by a meritocratic system. Her upper middle class values set her up to be an ideal Bullshit Job bureaucrat, not an artist!

I had a lot of fun talking about Teddy Wayne’s Loner, an eminently re-readable book. Loner is a disturbingly captivating novel about a Harvard freshman who becomes obsessed with a beautiful and wealthy classmate, as well as the social status she represents.

I have elitist wannabe-precocious problems that Yahoo Answers can’t solve like “Plz Helpp!!: I’m 16 and haven’t read any Nietzsche and I don’t identify as an atheist or a ‘Buddhist.’ Does that mean I won’t get into any MFA programs when I grow up?”

The dichotomy between “special” and “normal” is a myth. Normcore is the equal and opposite reaction to the bombardment of the “be special/be different” rhetoric thrust upon Youthz by modern parenting and pop culture.