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# The New Yorker Wades into "Curator" Confusion
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-new-yorker-wades-into-curator-confusion/
- Published: 2012-10-04T15:20:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:36:15.000Z
- Description: This week's New Yorker takes a shot at the craze to "curate" everything in our lives.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, Curating, The New Yorker, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1)

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This week’s [*New Yorker*](http://www.newyorker.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (the October 8, 2012 issue) takes a shot at the craze to “curate” everything in our lives, rather than organize, accumulate, amass, or … in the case of parties … throw. Nothing like a well-done comic to point out the absurdity of the moment we live in.