Young, online, and sunburnt.
Feed Me commissioned six students to document their spring break trips.
This morning, I introduced a project that Feed Me has been working on for the last few months. I sent six college students on their spring break trips with disposable cameras, and a brief guideline on how I hoped they’d recap their vacations.
I was surprised by how much tequila these kids could handle, but I was more impressed by how comfortable and confident their writing read, given they don’t typically write for large audiences on the internet (Substack star
, the exception). It was refreshing to read really good writing that wasn’t so self serious.Some standout stories included:
A Harvard soccer player gave his student ID to an Italian girl. No update on why he did this or whether he has gained access to his dorm.
A student in Florence cries in front of a Tracey Emin piece. She’s hungover, under-slept, and seeing her whole confused 20-something self reflected in a Renaissance palazzo.
Three guys in a Wyoming hot tub debate whether sophomore year is too soon to meet the love of your life. Until a man asks them to “make space for these two young chicks from Miami I invited over the other night”.
“Long Dress Night”. An event conceptualized weeks before the trip, born from the desire to give vacation photo dumps a sense of narrative cohesion. I will be throwing one of these nights soon.
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