Fashion has underscored the interchangeability of men for a long time, maybe from the outset. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
Because the designers at Baby Gap and Crew Cuts have determined it would be cute if kids dressed like their dads, seemingly every American male between 2 and 52 dresses identically. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
Years ago, I worked at a fashion magazine. I was the lowest man on the totem pole, one of the only men on that particular pole: a little brother with a dozen older sisters whose grace and glamour I so admired. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
Usually, when you see clothes on a model, by some transitive property, that garment is imbued with her beauty. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
Children’s books deal in idealized worlds, so they’re a document of how our notion of ideal worlds has changed over time. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
Shot glasses make me think of youth and a mode of drinking and living that was never mine, even when I was the age for it. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
Every sense has the power to transport us through time, but it’s taste I find the most mysterious, and writing about it often results in tortured metaphors. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
It’s my own personal hang-up, but I find adults who are picky eaters to be the worst. I don’t mean food allergies or preferences: I mean picky eaters. We all know one, and they’re impossible to go to lunch with or invite over for a dinner party. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
There is a tendency to presume autobiography in fiction by women or minorities. Guys named Jonathan write universal stories, while there’s this sense that everyone else is just fictionalizing their own small experiences. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
I have a theory that because my kitchen is small, you can’t preheat an oven and deal with dough at the same time, although maybe it’s just that I’m a bad baker. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
