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live the uncurated life + try not to cringe

live the uncurated life + try not to cringe

am i being too earnest? Good day! The last few weeks have been an absolute whirlwind, but we’re happy to announce that we are back serving up our weekly newsletter! If you’ve been missing us… I promise you that this edition is about to be juicy enough to make up for our radio silence. Hot off the press is a Thred-published article about why the ‘lucky girl syndrome’ trend is problematic, a...

By London, UK
vanity space flights + minecraft theatre mayhem

vanity space flights + minecraft theatre mayhem

do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Happy hump day everyone! If you’re bored of the relentless hamster wheel that is modern life, don’t get in your feels too much. Easter weekend is rapidly approaching, which means we have another 48 hours to sit on our arses watching football, gorging on e numbers, and palming our children off on our other halves… oh, just me then. Before you can indulge in...

By London, UK
spying TVs + sickening wellness culture

spying TVs + sickening wellness culture

and how does that make you feel? Hello everybody 👋 Hope your week is off to a gorgeous start. It’s now the moment you’ve all been waiting for: newsletter day! In this week’s edition we’ll be looking at how AI is reshaping society’s beauty standards, a very Trump-like response to the current global market chaos, an emerging IVF alternative, and some other wonderful stories woven throughout. Let’s go, shall we? 💿 Media What...

redefining luxury + digging deep for resilience

redefining luxury + digging deep for resilience

haven't you heard? tinned fish is en vogue, darling Happy first of the month! I have to ask: is the April Fool’s spirit dying out or are we all just too exhausted from the absolute joke of our governments to play even more pranks on each other? If you experienced a silly little trick today, let me know. I seem to have made it through this day unscathed… In this week’s edition...

By London, UK