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On keeping a notebook (for 20+ years) and reading other people's
I have kept journals for most of my life. Starting with one of these bad boys (still the safest way to keep a secret, once locked you’re never getting back into it) and evolving through a series of notebooks before landing on my current preference: a red Moleskin softcover.
x.com is a nightmare factory – what more will it take for people to leave?
Content warning: this post includes discussions of child abuse material, non-consensual sharing of intimate images, and violence against women. If this raises anything for you: * In Australia: call 1800-RESPECT or the Bravehearts support line on 1800 272 831. * In the UK, call 0808 500 2222 or chat here. * In Canada,
In 2026, people are striving to be ‘disgustingly well-read’ – why?
So much of the beauty of reading for me has been its ability to expand my world view. So why are people pitching it as a way to wall yours off? It started with one creator pushing classics with the hook of helping you become ‘disgustingly well-read’. The term irked
My quantified year
I tracked everything I read, watched, and wore this year. This is what it taught me. First, the stats: * 4 films (in cinemas) * 4 documentaries (watched at home, not including anything I put on in the background while unwell because I wasn't really watching it) * 1 TV show
Literary Luddite's guide to Christmas
I hope you're keeping well as we hurtle toward the end of the year. Despite my best efforts, my brain is 404ing as I await surgery tomorrow so there is no article this week. Instead, I've provided an expanded version of my gift guide in case
No one has ever become interesting on TikTok
In my own hot-and-cold relationship with social media, the precipitating event for reducing or stopping my scrolling is often “when was the last time I learned something on this platform that made my life better?”. You might be thinking of some hack for folding a fitted sheet, finding discounts, or
What feel-good surveillance has cost us
Everyone loves a feel-good moment. I am as susceptible to a good ‘hopecore’ video as the next person; relishing these reminders that people are normally good to one another as a reprieve from hundreds of posts asserting the opposite. I have also experienced my fair share of feel-good moments that
