your weekend reading list 𓆩♡𓆪
everything you could ever want to read about girlhood, fandom, the internet, or general how-to-exist-in-this-life stuff, wrapped up for you in a cute little bow 🎀
Since becoming not just an editor of myself in THIS newsy, but also an editor of ALL OF YOU in I have been blown away by some of the best writing I’ve ever read. It has truly been my biggest pleasure to get to publish as many of you as humanly possible so far, so I thought it was time to do a round up of some of the incredible new writers who’ve found a home in our cool little publication.
Save this and refer to it anytime you need something excellent to read!!!
♡girlhood♡
on being a teenage girl in your 20s
hell was being a teenage girl, right now she’s all I want to be
i want to be just like every other girl
responding to a slimy message request with a poem about girlhood? in.
on the death of the chill girl
we were told we could do it all, we couldn't
it feels like the most profitable business opportunity for women in 2024 is to cosplay being a homemaker. can we blame them?
a love letter to the 2000s sports films that got us here ✺◟(•‿•)◞✺
☆fandom☆
confessions from a professional fangirl
gaze into the teen universe of someone who literally has a PhD in fandom
the dudes are tay-baiting & tay-trapping
i couldn't help but wonder: is it fandom or fauxlore?
what it's like to be on the other side of a parasocial relationship
introducing 'sarapocial' relationships (yes, you read that right)
is this the end of fandominance?
artists need fans to keep them relevant, motivated and paid. sometimes artists also need fans to stay out of it
your favourite plus sized influencer deserves to live freely, and so do you
when body positive creators’ bodies change, what do they owe us?
a little bit longer and i'll be fine
I want to be taken seriously. I want people to listen to me. I also have a crush on Joe Jonas.
on ACOTAR and being allowed to love what we love 𓆩♡𓆪
ᯤ the internet ᯤ
contrary to popular belief, the world does not revolve around you
"you didn't read that, you saw it on TikTok"
what happens when we're incidentally exposed to everything
'no storage:' the curse of the endless camera roll
miss Taylor Swift asks, “are there still beautiful things?” and the answer is yes: over on my instagram
the internet is rotting. can we save it?
on watching a library of alexandria being lost and building a new one
we're living in a world of panopticontent
on turning 'NPCs' into 'main characters' and ruining their lives while we're at it
people who say gen z don't know third spaces have obviously never been to the club penguin pizza parlour
(gamer) girls just want to have fun
literally
what once was: on grieving through music & the virtual gravesites our loved ones leave
one womans story of deep loss and indie bands
❀ life stuff ❀
i’m sorry if you’re living and you’re 17
revisiting sylvia plath's fig tree
musings on the many lives I could have lived
how to spend your money in your 20s
how many serums make up the price of a plane ticket?
this 'cripple' wants to form a punk rock band
opting to live, thrive, and find happiness in a disabled body is anarchic. It's punk-rock.
when you know why you’re doing something, it becomes easier
on empathy, anger, and forgiveness
☏ the media ☏
romanticising the physical new york times? ok!
fried, dyed, and laid to the side: a taxonomy of black girl magic on our screens
you are now entering the stan zone
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I love these - there are always really cool pieces I just would not have come across other wise! <3
Can’t wait to indulge in all these, this weekend ✨🪩📖