What started as a tweet thread about Billie Eilish, R.J. Cutler's recent Eilish documentary, and affect theory has now become a long-form, multimedia essay including commissioned illustrations by artist Rachel Rossin that exist within the essay as purchasable digital artworks. I used the decentralized publishing platform Mirror to crowdfund this essay, the funds from which allowed for time to research and write, hire an editor to assure the essay’s quality, and commission illustrations. Read the full essay here, and more on its motivations here.