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Mónica Belevan
Personal blog · covidianaesthetics.substack.comculturephilosophy
Mónica Belevan writes Covidian Æsthetics, a personal blog at covidianaesthetics.substack.com about culture and philosophy. Since 2021, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-25, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack by Mónica Belevan for essays on contemporary life, drawing on anthropology, art history and philosophy. One commenter calls it a favourite find.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Through a glass, sharply.
What Hacker News says?
My absolute favorite discovery this past year has been Monica Belevan's Covidian Aesthetics blog. Some of the best writing about being alive right now to be found if you're interested in anthropology, art history, and philosophy. Can't recommend it enough. https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?”Submitted Ghosts of the Pandemic as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Communicating Vessels as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reference and Repetition in Conspiracy Theory as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: A new series mapping the birth of a Covidian Aesthetics as a story · 1 points
HN discussion