There is an emerging genre of confessional art born from the minds of people whose coming-of-age were at once marked by perpetual angst as well as being perpetually online and perpetually performing. These are works that explore what it means to live with a brain broken into shards by open tabs, divided attention, and the contested territory of our inner lives. Consider the successes of autofiction in literature over the past few years: the popularity of Patricia Lockwood, Hanya Yanagihara, and Ben Lerner, who once remarked that the point of autofiction,
on bo burnham, fleabag, and confessional comedy
on bo burnham, fleabag, and confessional…
on bo burnham, fleabag, and confessional comedy
There is an emerging genre of confessional art born from the minds of people whose coming-of-age were at once marked by perpetual angst as well as being perpetually online and perpetually performing. These are works that explore what it means to live with a brain broken into shards by open tabs, divided attention, and the contested territory of our inner lives. Consider the successes of autofiction in literature over the past few years: the popularity of Patricia Lockwood, Hanya Yanagihara, and Ben Lerner, who once remarked that the point of autofiction,