gen yeet

A cultural dispatch on all things Generation Z, by Terry Nguyen.

The hottest Substack posts of gen yeet

And their main takeaways

Vague Blue

491 implied HN points • 06 Feb 24
📚 Literature Poetry Writing Films Fashion Essays
  1. The newsletter has a new name and will feature weekly reviews for subscribers.
  2. The author reflects on a poem by Frank O'Hara and its relevance to their life in New York.
  3. The author discusses influences and mentions relevant reporters and writers in internet culture.

Dear John

294 implied HN points • 30 Oct 23
📚 Literature Fiction Criticism Review Short Story
  1. The story of 'Cat Person' delves into the complexities of modern dating and consent.
  2. The protagonist's reflections on past relationships highlight themes of self-discovery and evolving perceptions.
  3. The narrative explores the impact of personal experiences on individual identity and memory.

Control & consent

117 implied HN points • 08 Jan 24
🎭️ Culture Books Movies Relationships
  1. Emotional craniectomy to express unspeakable emotions in letters
  2. Comparing and connecting different movies can reveal unexpected relationships
  3. Theme of control and consent explored through the characters in the movies
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Fast days, slow company

373 implied HN points • 21 Jul 23
📚 Literature Film Memory Critique Analysis Book
  1. Memory is like a true fiction, a subjective version of the past that exists in our heads.
  2. Non-linear storytelling and abstraction in fiction can keep readers engaged and intrigued.
  3. Movies like Midnight Cowboy and Past Lives explore themes of unfulfilled romance and longing, leaving room for interpretation.

Copy and paste

176 implied HN points • 14 Oct 23
📚 Literature Criticism Poetry Authors Novels Writing
  1. Intertextuality explores the relationship between texts and their cultural environments.
  2. Writing can be seen as a collage, with language harvested and organized like pieces of a puzzle.
  3. Craft in writing can involve playful word experimentation and the incorporation of multiple voices.

After Cybernetics and Ghosts

39 implied HN points • 26 Sep 23
📚 Literature Book review Novels AI Artificial Intelligence Writing
  1. The piece reviews three novels with machine-generated text, praising 'Do You Remember Being Born' for its compelling narrative about an aging poet collaborating with AI.
  2. The author discusses past essays on large language models, noting a shift in their view from tools to potential threats based on tech companies' profit-driven motives.
  3. The Italian novelist Italo Calvino's idea of a 'literature machine' that could create poems and novels independently of human personality is explored, highlighting the concept of writers as writing machines.