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CINTRA WILSON

@cintra.bsky.social

390 followers 82 following 338 posts

Writer/performer.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I SAW GOD by @cintra.bsky.social "I’m no longer reachable by shitty energies — I’m out of range, now, and I’m not coming back." -- Cintra cintra.substack.com/p/i-saw-god?...

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And kept driving

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R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@cintra.bsky.social one of my favorite writers saw god and kept her hands on the wheel and eyes on the road

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And kept driving

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you’ve always had a secret liking for fascist severity in your silhouettes, Hugo Boss infallibly provides high-end menswear for the evil. On the Substacks! No pay wall! cintra.substack.com/p/light-a-ci...

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Light a Cigar, Flex Your Muscles

GETTING BOSSY at HUGO BOSS

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

cintra.substack.com/p/put-a-silv... "I don’t mind psychics getting a look at my inner spleen, but if it’s the algorithm, it knows waaaaay too much about my soul." By @cintra.bsky.social

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PUT A SILVER BULLET IN THAT ENERGY VAMPIRE

It will do you good

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Narcs beware. The time of the Dark Empath is upon you. cintra.substack.com/p/put-a-silv...

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PUT A SILVER BULLET IN THAT ENERGY VAMPIRE

It will do you good

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Mexico City is the new Paris, from what I understand. 30 years ago, it was quite a different scene. On the Substacks! cintra.substack.com/p/mexico-cit...

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MEXICO CITY BLUES

30 years ago, when it wasn't yet the new Paris.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"Multicolored drunken ballerinas in tutus and hoodie sweatshirts sprawl around a squad of tattooed mannequins in plaid kilts, combat boots, knee socks and Roman breastplates." By @cintra.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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RHINESTONES ARE A TWEEN’S BEST FRIEND

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A ravishing, MUCH -younger man is driving me witless with the feels. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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An unprecedented affair

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

An amusingly nasty review of the kinderwhore clothing line, Juicy Couture. Some very juicy brutal takedown lines. Worth a smirk. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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RHINESTONES ARE A TWEEN’S BEST FRIEND

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Let's start a noise band called "Feral Mariachis."

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I confess all about my brief but colorful foray into the world of petty larceny. It seemed reasonable at the time. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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A FLING WITH SHOPLIFTING

Cintra Wilson just got laid off from her day job.

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

One of my old New York Times fashion pieces, in which I learn to embrace large square blouses and shearling clog boots. A kicky look at hipster evolution. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT AT NO EXTRA CHARGE: No. 6

Cintra Wilson needs money, especially yours.

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Leif Harmsen @harmsen.net · 09/06/2026

People. Everybody. HEY YOU GUYS! Meet the amazing author Cintra Wilson @cintra.bsky.social

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p... By @cintra.bsky.social

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THE AGONY and ECSTASY of OAKLAND GARBAGE

Refuse and refusal

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

THRILL! As I discuss Oakland’s almost metaphysical trash problem. Also, I find amazingly f-ed up things on the street. A la Substacks! open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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THE AGONY and ECSTASY of OAKLAND GARBAGE

Refuse and refusal

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Read me geek out all over myself over the woman I consider to be the most magical and brilliant jewelry maker alive. On the glorious Substacks, for free! Oh, and there’s an audio version as well. substack.com/home/post/p-...

RICHES AT RAINBOW’S END: SOLANGE AZAGURY-PARTRIDGE

The best jeweler in the world, IMHO

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CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A fun new piece about my decade long strike against men. Needless to say, they never caved in to my demands. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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WHY I STOPPED WORKING OUT FOR YEARS

Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain is entirely supported by YOU, SO COUGH UP ALREADY.

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A new post from an old article about the massively expensive French shoes and foreboding store atmosphere at Pierre Hardy. Who says shoppers need light? open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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The Fun House Awaits

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p... By @cintra.bsky.social

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WHERE THE BAD 80’S HAS A NICHE

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Ever love a car so much you want to eat it? I do all the time, and think you should too. New Substack, fresh and hot. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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AUTOEROTIC INFATUATION

Sweet as the smell of new tires

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Here’s a fun New York Times throwback to the Tom Binns boutique, where punk jewelry once ran amok. I heckle a shopgirl for being worthless. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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WHERE THE BAD 80’S HAS A NICHE

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

This Zizek Substack is OUT OF THIS WORLD. All the Lacanian views on mimetic desire, Peter Theil, technocracy....Oh Slavoj, you big slob. Come give me a big sloppy kiss. slavoj.substack.com/p/conclusion...

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CONCLUSION: WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST TODAY

NOW FREE: Techno‑feudal masters controlling the entire space of social interaction

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity. It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030. Taxing the rich is a global necessity.

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Jane Roe Has Hope - Pro-choice Adoptee @janeroehopeful.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I believe Tiger Woods may be categorized under @cintra.bsky.social Cintra Wilson’s term “ultra fame scorch victim.”

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John HELL Roberson @jlroberson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Written(and main character voiced) by the remarkable @cintra.bsky.social

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Locusts! Frogs! Theft! And the sad death of an interesting collaboration. Turns out you CAN kill art. cintra.substack.com/p/shocked-an...

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SHOCKED AND AWFUL

Everything went to shit

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It’s the first leg of the Michelle Shocked tour, and I am launched rocketlike into some weird parts of Florida! Read it and feel the mirth. On the Substacks! open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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SHOCKED AND SURPRISED

On tour with Michelle Shocked, Episode 1

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I’m embarking on my tour with Michelle Shocked today! But first, a love letter to the tattoo shows that sustain me spiritually. Selah. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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MY SHAMEFUL ADDICTION: TATTOO SHOWS

Ink is in my blood

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A golden oldie from my seemingly endless repository of snarky fashion shite that the NYT miraculously published. French fun! open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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CHRISTIAN LACROIX: Advanced Stages of Regression

Another gem from the NYT Critical Shopper

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Enjoy the spectacle of me tearing my own ass out because I keep making the same horrible mistake over and over and over, like I have no brain at all. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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THE KILLER INSIDE ME

Oops I Did It Again

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 04/02/2026

Sometimes if you cut it down correctly, you can still see the last meal a tree had in its stomach when it died

A tree cut down and felled next to its fellow trees but this tree's rings have an oddity to them and the shape and texture and color it makes it look like a fish drawing

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p... "There are hideous floral prints that need only to be covered with cat hair to be the bedspread of your maiden aunt on Martha’s Vineyard." By @cintra.bsky.social

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PAST THE BOUNCERS, WHAT A FEELING

The Topshop opening in SOHO

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Here’s a zippy piece of writing that got me in huge trouble with the British aristocrat that owned the franchise, when it came out. Peerage schmeerage. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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PAST THE BOUNCERS, WHAT A FEELING

The Topshop opening in SOHO

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c.c. o'hanlon @ccohanlon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"The characters he plays are generally weak, immoral, murderous, slimy or insane. Yet to gaze upon John Hurt, in almost any role, is to feel a drooly adoration; he is irresistible." – @cintra.bsky.social [via @dean.bsky.social] Hurt #botd in 1940.

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A new essay in which I make a stunning artistic announcement. I’m going to be all up in your face! open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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ON BEING SHOT OUT OF A CANNON

Cintra Wilson doesn’t have enough money to get older, and will have to sell herself into indentured servitude.

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Another blast from my stint as Critical Shopper at the New York Times, containing many bon mots and yuks. On the Substacks! open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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At VPL, Wispy Clothes for Your Inner Ballerina

Cintra Wilson has been writing professionally for nearly 40 years, and therefore is poor as fuck.

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Played by Daniel Kaluuya (very good and suitably charismatic, if a bit old) in Shaka King's excellent JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021), worth a watch if you haven't seen it. Also features LaKeith Stanfield and Jesse Plemons.

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

A scathingly personal, raw but optimistic new essay about my fucked up life, for your year-end enjoyment. Plus a new painting! open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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BEWARE THE WIRE MONKEYS

Not to get all Emo on you, but...

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Hahaha. I so hate Fucker Carlson and his 12 pound nougat head.

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R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

THE BRUTALLY FUNNY, RADICALLY MORAL WORLD OF LETTERKENNY some @cintra.bsky.social for your holiday cheer

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THE BRUTALLY FUNNY, RADICALLY MORAL WORLD OF LETTERKENNY

An exegesis of the Canadian series

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

A post so nice I accidentally made it twice! Get your Letterkenny on here. If you haven’t gotten your Letterkenny on before, rectify this immediately. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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THE BRUTALLY FUNNY, RADICALLY MORAL WORLD OF LETTERKENNY

An exegesis of the Canadian series

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I thought people would be less assholic on here because they're liberals, but guess again.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

WHY NOT TO WEAR A SKIMASK by @cintra.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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WHY NOT TO WEAR A SKIMASK

When working a night club door

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

i should have titled it "Why not to wear a skimask unless you are Pussy Riot" open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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WHY NOT TO WEAR A SKIMASK

When working a night club door

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Hot off my lap. True stories of the harrowing 1989 variety. We only came out at night. We liked motorcycles. We were: NIGHTCLUB EMPLOYEES. The photo below is real, by Dan Gingold. open.substack.com/pub/cintra/p...

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WHY NOT TO WEAR A SKIMASK

When working a night club door

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I have found the Excalibur of magnetic chalkboard manufacturers.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.

CINTRA WILSON @cintra.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I am teaching a new essay workshop starting THIS MONDAY, NOV. 24. This class is magic. Your words will glow with power. Contact me quick, only 2 slots left!