W. David Marx
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W. David Marx is a longtime culture writer based in Tokyo and the author of Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change and Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Popeye, The New Republic, Vox, and more.