feat(web): flatten frontmatter — drop slug, flat tags/cats, auto-bump updatedDate [skip ci]
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md index b33cdfd..dfd1b6c 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ --- title: "How SLIST started: a foreigner, a guest list, and a grudge" -slug: how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge pubDate: 2021-07-09T16:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:10.000Z draft: false excerpt: "SLIST started because two women in Mexico City wouldn’t put me on their guest list. That’s one version. Here’s another: I started it because some kids banned me from a … Read more" categories: - - { name: BTS, slug: bts } + - BTS tags: - - { name: cdmx, slug: cdmx } - - { name: community, slug: community } - - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } - - { name: growth, slug: growth } - - { name: identity, slug: identity } - - { name: instagram, slug: instagram } - - { name: tone-raw, slug: tone-raw } + - cdmx + - community + - format-long-form + - growth + - identity + - instagram + - tone-rawDiff truncated (34 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md index d58e1c0..b33cdfd 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tags: - { name: instagram, slug: instagram } - { name: tone-raw, slug: tone-raw } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2024fed0981.94240866.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/cover.png alt: "Solitary figure outside a dimly lit underground club entrance at night" legacy_wp_id: 15792 --- @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The original motivation was self-entertainment. A stranger at a party told me th * * * - + But the real engine underneath all of this was spite.fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md index 0e405ec..d58e1c0 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tags: - { name: instagram, slug: instagram } - { name: tone-raw, slug: tone-raw } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2024fed0981.94240866.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2024fed0981.94240866.png alt: "Solitary figure outside a dimly lit underground club entrance at night" legacy_wp_id: 15792 --- @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The original motivation was self-entertainment. A stranger at a party told me th * * * - + But the real engine underneath all of this was spite.feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md index 38b4a88..0e405ec 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ slug: how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge pubDate: 2021-07-09T16:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:10.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "SLIST started because two women in Mexico City wouldn’t put me on their guest list. That’s one version. Here’s another: I started it because some kids banned me from a … Read more" +categories: + - { name: BTS, slug: bts } +tags: + - { name: cdmx, slug: cdmx } + - { name: community, slug: community } + - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } + - { name: growth, slug: growth } + - { name: identity, slug: identity } + - { name: instagram, slug: instagram } + - { name: tone-raw, slug: tone-raw } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2024fed0981.94240866.png + alt: "Solitary figure outside a dimly lit underground club entrance at night" legacy_wp_id: 15792 --- SLIST started because two women in Mexico City wouldn’t put me on their guest list.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38b4a88 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2021/how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +title: "How SLIST started: a foreigner, a guest list, and a grudge" +slug: how-slist-started-a-foreigner-a-guest-list-and-a-grudge +pubDate: 2021-07-09T16:00:00.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:10.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 15792 +--- +SLIST started because two women in Mexico City wouldn’t put me on their guest list. + +That’s one version. Here’s another: I started it because some kids banned me from a 30-person group chat in January 2023 and I decided to build the biggest rave community in CDMX out of spite. Here’s a third: I discovered techno at a basement rave in Brooklyn during the March 2021 lockdowns, moved to Mexico a few months later as a tourist who couldn’t speak Spanish, and started an anonymous flyer blog because I wanted to get on every guest list in the city. + +All three are true. The through-line is the same: someone told me no, and I took it personally. + +* * * + +The Brooklyn rave was the seed. A friend invited me to an underground party during the pandemic. I liked that almost no one was wearing a mask. One night I threw up on the dance floor from chain-smoking cigarettes. A group of ravers rushed over — got me on the ground, poured water on my head, brought me to the chill room, wiped off the vomit, offered to call an Uber. I was back on the dance floor 30 minutes later. Started going out three times a week after that. + +A few months later I went to Mexico during lockdowns. Despite sticking out as a tourist who couldn’t speak Spanish, I kept getting invited to afters — usually by DJs. The scene was eclectic, dark, experimental. I wanted to give back by helping them with promotion. So I started SLIST as an anonymous blog for recommending events. + +The original motivation was self-entertainment. A stranger at a party told me the website looked techno. Some people actually read the unedited brain dumps I wrote on the Speed List page, which I wrote hastily (figuratively on speed). The manic style worked. + +* * * +Diff truncated (52 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
