Sasha Wynter is a culture critic specializing in millennial nostalgia and the fashion of pre-9/11 America. Her book, "The Last Analog Summer," is due out in 2027.
This site features "picture stories" centered on a character—the sexy but hapless librarian—inspired by 1950s British humor like Carry On and the Daily Mirror’s Jane. missjones 2000
What truly defines MissJones 2000 is her emotional duality. She is simultaneously terrified of the future (the news is full of "the Millennium Bug" and "pending recessions") and utterly hopeful. Her diary (spiral-bound, purple gel pen) contains entries about whether email will replace letter-writing. She laments that she was born "too late to see Nirvana, too early to get a jetpack." Sasha Wynter is a culture critic specializing in
Who is MissJones? In the nomenclature of the era, “Jones” was everywoman—keeping up with the Joneses, chasing the Jones. But in the year 2000, she stopped chasing. She became the one being watched. What truly defines MissJones 2000 is her emotional duality