Latest Stories from Jessica
The internet wants to convince you that you’re unwell
Thanks to health conscious Gen Z and their elder Millennial comrades, the wellness industry is booming like never before. But could this obsessive fixation on optimizing our health be making us sick in the long run? I recently came across a video by an fitness creator that left me pretty perplexed, to say the least. The creator was a few weeks into following a new diet as part of her...
the politics of dating + what worries the world
is everything political? Hey everyone! 😊 Welcome to another jam-packed newsletter from your favourite Gen Z trend trackers. As the summer nears its final weeks, we’re focusing further in on many of the world’s changing tides – especially the changes impacting Gen Z… from how they like to date, shop, drink, and more. On top of this, we’re outlining all the latest news in tech (including Elon Musk’s hissy fit over Grok’s...
Opinion – London’s ‘Mind the Grab’ street campaign is embarrassing
Purple pavement markings are appearing on London’s Oxford Street as part of a new ‘Mind the Grab’ campaign aimed at combating phone snatching. Why isn’t the government doing more to clamp down on this all-too-frequent crime? London’s new ‘Mind the Grab’ campaign is a play on words from the city’s famous Underground announcement ‘mind the gap’. As playful and clever as this might seem, its message is a bit more sinister, aiming...
Israeli settler attacks on West Bank rise amid new illegal settlement plans
Since the start of this year, Israeli settlers have committed a record number of attacks on people and homes in the West Bank. These land grabs, which often violence and arson, continue as Israel’s far-right minister says he will approve more than 3,000 new illegal settlements in the area. Israeli extremists are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages in the West Bank since 2006,...
a benefit concert for Gaza + why friends are the new family
mamacita? Hi everyone! Hope your week is off to a great start. I’m going to get right to things with a dose of honesty. Over the last 22 months, it’s been difficult to build weekly newsletters without wanting to draw attention to every news story coming out of Gaza. That’s why, in this newsletter, each section will include at least one article outlining ongoing events in Gaza, including rare doses of positive news....
London Police arrest more than 500 Palestine Action supporters
Last month, the British government banned the group Palestine Action and warned that anyone who continued to show support for it would ‘feel the full force of the law’. At a peaceful protest this weekend, 500 people were arrested, of which more than half were aged sixty or over. On Saturday, The London Metropolitan Police arrested 532 people at a Palestine Action protest in Central London. It said the majority of...
Kamala Harris co-signs Gen Z’s love of wired headphones
You’ve probably noticed that young people favour wired headphones while listening to music in public. Kamala Harris is on board with them too, for surprising – or maybe unsurprising – reasons. Though Bluetooth-connected headphones offer convenience and ease of mobility while wearing them, there’s a noticeable portion of young people who have stuck to using traditional wired headphones while out and about. Apple's iconic, bright-white wired headphones have been spotted on...
scientific reasons to trust your gut + stop trying to snatch your face
skims, please. It’s that time of week… newsletter day!! And you know I would never leave you hanging. 😉 This edition is a little different, intentionally sprinkled with positive news stories in science, health, culture, and politics because… let’s be real… we are all in need of a dose of optimism. Here’s a glimpse at what you won’t want to miss: the awe-worthy power of our gut’s microbiome, scientists gene-editing mosquitos to...
Bad Bunny redefines what it means to tour
Instead of travelling the world and to perform in a new city every night, Latinx artist Bad Bunny is telling fans to come to his home country Puerto Rico. Earlier this year, Bad Bunny released his massively successful seventh studio album ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ (translated in English to ‘I should’ve taken more photos’) and announced he would be going on tour. But when the time came, he decided...
Opinion – the earthquake magnitude scale shouldn’t be logarithmic
Full disclaimer: I’m no scientist. I’m a journalist trying to understand the logic behind measuring earthquakes logarithmically – meaning each whole number increase represents a quake that is 10x stronger – when this isn’t intuitive to the public. Shouldn’t we measure them out of 100 instead? In the early hours of July 30, a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s Kamchatka Kari peninsula. It caused an volcano in the region...
