This is the part where I’m supposed to explain what we’re doing here, and (with a signature sense of wry, self-deprecating humor) list the various accolades I’ve received and titles I’ve held that make Low Swank worth your time.

In order to overdeliver, though, it helps to underpromise—so I’m going that route. I’m an artist and a writer with two decades of online projects in my rearview mirror (and ok, fine—Refinery29 and the Washington Post once referred to me as a “visual genius” and a “tastemaker,” respectively, which maybe means something, but mostly does not). Low Swank is my newsletter. It’s a very good read. 

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