Aleynah
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Aleynah
We need to allow ourselves to be restless and bored, to be less preoccupied with the opinions of others, and to look honestly within ourselves. We need to get off of our phones and hear the gravel crunching under our feet. Our phones promise us something eternal and infinite, but we should be extremely skeptical of anything that claims it can go on... See more
Catherine Shannon • Your Phone Is Why You Don't Feel Sexy
Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
open.spotify.comLying in your diary is a disservice to yourself. Doing so will prevent you from being close to others.
I used to confuse “rational rumination” with intuition. I used to think a lot— a lot —about other people and their motivations, the many problems of the world, and myself and what kind of person I want to be. I thought I was being productive by thinking through these things with the clinical seriousness of a chemist. The reality is that I was worki... See more
Catherine Shannon • On cultivating intuition
Did I write this? Rationality and analysis paralysis might just be my enemy at this stage of my life
I wish someone had said, go play. Trek a mountain just because you can. Prioritise your platonic relationships, go an extra mile for a friend. There is no finding time, only making it. In an era of self-created pressure of making all the right decisions, make the wrong ones. Navigate uncertainty without taking it personally.
Ivy • Home | Substack
Thoughts are fleeting; they change with the times. Sometimes they’re random or intrusive. Often they’re unproductive and based more on fear than love. We seek psychic security by thoroughly evaluating “all the choices,” but we feel less and less secure as a result. Follow your thoughts all day and you’ll be run ragged, darting left, right, center, ... See more
Catherine Shannon • On cultivating intuition
Thoughts vs Intuition, and why following your intuition is hard, beautiful, and the most honest thing you can follow
the film’s body horror is an effective metaphor for the torture traps of contemporary feminism and beauty culture, where superficial body positive marketing doesn’t square with an ever-expanding suite of digital and surgical tools for beauty optimization and modification.
Camille Sojit Pejcha • the ugly desire for perfection
A review on ‘The Substance’, my favourite film of the year; on how the fear of inadequacy propels the beauty industry and drains the life out of women.
Our breakup was so protracted, in part, because our story was so, so good, and I wanted so badly for the story of our relationship to be the story of my life — doing the dishes in the nighttime, his hands over my eyes when we watched horror movies, the love songs I wrote him on our anniversary. A math prodigy and a writer. Our children would have m... See more