Tag: FEATURE
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Amy Francombe is the cultural critic the internet needs right now
FEATURE ARTICLE FOR TO BE MAGAZINE. Journalist Amy Francombe has had the kind of career that any millennial who grew up on a diet of The Devil Wears Prada, 13 Going on 30 and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (the pinnacle of investigative journalism) would idealise. It started the way most brilliant…
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Desire, delusion and the rise of magical thinking on TikTok
FEATURE ARTICLE FOR REFINERY29. Manifestation is all over my For You page, where dewy-skinned soothsayers promise to help me materialise my dreams. I’ve also noticed manifestation buzzwords like “abundance” and “higher self” seeping into the language of close friends. It’s difficult to pinpoint when these concepts took hold exactly — I’d…
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The breakup algorithm: Is it harder than ever to recover from heartbreak?
FEATURE ARTICLE FOR REFINERY29 UK. When my seven-year relationship ended recently, there were certain rites of passage that I’d anticipated: a renewed interest in fitness, dissecting depressing Hinge profiles, and going on even more depressing Hinge dates, posting thinly veiled thirst trap photo dumps on Instagram that I’d later delete, writing unhinged entries in…
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The wild life of Toby Zoates: Sydney’s squatting movement, acid, protests and art
If there was trouble brewing in Sydney in the late 70s and 80s, chances are Toby Zoates was the one at the stove.
LUCY JONES 