
Démar Grant
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Démar Grant
@DemarJGrant
@albummodepod & @TheSpec | Best Canadian Music Writing 2022 & Best Canadian Sports Writing 2016


The Athletic's slow-motion exodus from local coverage obviously directly contradicts the original stated purpose of the publication, and is exacerbating the problems that were created when they initially vacuumed up so much of the local talent






atlantic “end of reading” piece may be the first I’ve seen to connect mockery of “performative reading” to the decline of the humanities as part of the lost status of literacy as short form video influencers become “the guardians of culture”

"Most people can't write. I'm not saying that to be an asshole. It's just the reality. I think I'm a good writer. But I read García Márquez and I'm like, holy shit. I couldn't do that if you paid me a billion dollars and gave me 20 years. Most people can get to a certain level. You can push, you can learn. But you have to understand what you're good at, and go for that. When I read writers trying to do creative dramatic leads and it's just not working. It's like, you're clearly good at X. Focus on X." — Nick Bilton

There used to be a certain subset of what we now call "performative male" who were obsessed with the NBA on like a meta cultural level but who otherwise didn't like sports at all and I feel like you don't hear from them as much anymore

I genuinely believe this is one of the more important national conversations the NBA and NBA media have had in recent years. People hate watching this. The best team in the league and the two-time MVP doing it so much may finally force the league's hand (hopefully, for more than a few weeks this time).












