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I wrote about how the idea of "romanticising your life" became a shorthand for living the most mundane, routined life possible – and what happens when everyone and everything starts looking exactly the same
Sarah Manavis
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Sarah Manavis
@sarahmanavis
American writer at The Observer. TELL ME ABOUT MYSELF, on the rise and impacts of psychotherapy, is out with HarperCollins in 2027. It’s muh-NAH-viss. she/her
- I like Instagram stories. I’ve said it. I like seeing people having fun at brunch, what they’ve made for dinner, going for drinks, going to the gym. It’s cute
- In case you’ve missed it: Not only is Sohla one of the only front facing Bon Appetit editors to denounce EIC Adam Rapoport doing brown face, apparently only white BA editors are paid for their video appearances. Here’s her Instagram story just now
- This moment in culture seems to be an endless cycle of creating multi-million dollar productions based around tweets that have been going viral once a week since 2013#shehulk might genuinely be the first time some young men hear a woman speak candidly about experiences like this. It might not seem like it but that’s hugely important.
- I’ve fully 180-ed on Toby. He’s perfect. One of the most reliably unhinged people I’ve ever come across in my entire life #LoveIsland
- I’m actually speechless. In what world does Liam think he’s and “resisted temptation” and “been respectful to Millie”?????? #LoveIsland
- I really do think age-gap obsessives sincerely believe there is no point at which women are seen absolutely as adults
- My nextdoor neighbours in Greece proudly told me last summer that when they visited the British Museum they all stole something from the giftshop
- I 100% agree with the people citing things like library closures, issues with publishing, school curriculum etc in response to this, but – without wanting to oversimplify – I do think a large part of the answer is phonesReport finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…
- I wrote about the unhinged therapists making videos about their clients on TikTok, and how social media has smoothed over the ethical issues of certain professions turning their jobs into content
- Jake never offers Liberty anything. It’s always centred around him - “were you sad” “did you miss me” #LoveIsland
- Liam is extremely chilling. To be able to behave like that and still entertain the possibility of a future with Millie implies an unending amount of entitlement and a sociopathic lack of empathy #LoveIsland
- Kaz and Liberty’s relationship really runs deep. This is the most intimate scene of this entire season #LoveIsland
