My favorite Dirt

A reading list from our friends + our November playlist.

06 Nov

Your favorite Dirt article says everything about you. But our archive is too extensive for one person to keep track of. If you’re new to the dirtyverse, or simply need a refresher, we asked our close friends which Dirt piece has stayed with them for months (or years) after being published.

Keep reading for some excellent Dirt on everything from ghosting to flip phones to plastic surgery to listening bars.

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DAISY ALIOTO

The decay of lying

dirt.fyi/article/2024/12/the-decay-of-lying

Max Blansjaar critiques ‘honesty’ as an aesthetic priority in popular music.

TERRY NGUYEN

Grizzly man

dirt.fyi/article/2023/06/grizzly-man

Amelia K on the paracosm of an abusive relationship.

MICHELLE SANTIAGO CORTÉS

Animal Subordination

dirt.fyi/article/2024/07/animal-subordination

Miri Gordis on vegetarianism, trauma, and a way to “remake the unfolding of the world.”

WALDEN GREEN

That part of Twitter

dirt.fyi/article/2024/07/that-part-of-twitter

Allegra Rosenberg on her months spent trying to fit in at a Brooklyn “techno-commune.”

FRANCIS ZIERER

What was 'replying'?

dirt.fyi/article/2023/10/what-was-replying

Mariah Kreutter on what it means to “reply” in 2023.

GRETA RAINBOW

Flipping off death

dirt.fyi/article/2024/01/flipping-off-death

Daniel Kolitz on grief and the unique aura of flip phone photography.

PAULA MEJÍA

Botched pt. 1

dirt.fyi/article/2024/12/botched-pt-1

Emmeline Clein on a new social category.

BECKY MILLER

Louder in Japan

dirt.fyi/article/2024/11/louder-in-japan

Rob Arcand in conversation with Nick Dwyer about his documentary, A Century in Sound.

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SOUNDS OF THE DIRTYVERSE

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025

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