Dominick Lawton studies Russian literature in California. If there were an avant-garde of advice columnists, he'd be in it.
Dominick Lawton
Articles by Dominick Lawton:
Dear Hypocrite: An Advice Column
in Issue 77 | Black and Blue (Jul 2017)which I'm not judging but Independence Day with no beer seems just wrong - they pull their daughter away nervously - (he is perfectly healthy) - why aren't they more chill? - what kind of deferred class anxiety must be fueling this? - Slavoj Žižek, himself a notorious weirdo - sociality mediates the unease inherent in sharing close spaces with (unchosen) others - hide the wine
Dear Hypocrite: An Advice Column
in Issue 73 | Sing Wrath (Mar 2017)Is it okay not to know how to drive? - navigating the workplace in a neoliberal age is schizophrenic at best - not because physical violence against fascists is necessarily wrong - I'm assuming that your student is effectively a nineteen-year-old
Dear Hypocrite: An Advice Column
in Issue 54 | Degenerates and Decadents (Jul 2015)any deadline-fueled literary masterpieces worthy of Dostoevsky's Gambler - the government expects to turn a profit from defaulters - Bernie "free public education" Sanders - the government is already subsidizing higher education - the ability to make and keep simple plans - maybe she feels lonely, and is testing you