When Miranda July tried to explain why she and [Carrie] Brownstein had stayed friends since their riot-grrrl days, she began to say the word “ambition,” but hesitated. Instead, she said that they shared “a steady focus on what we are going to do next. We’re always asking each other, ‘What’s the next project?’ And, that being the throughline in our lives, more than relationships, that becomes pretty meaningful at a certain point. Because it’s something that potentially can feel kind of shameful in the details.