Jasmine

There is a growing desire among Gen Z to reclaim their autonomy from their phones and remove themselves from what Shaz describes as a passive state of being. Last year, anti-tech activist and writer August Lamm predicted that abstention would be the next big thing. On X, she wrote: “I’m calling it right now, abstention is the new big thing; sobriet... See more

an angsty mismatch between personal expectation and economic reality

“The thrill of a vibe is that it leads with emotion, not with spending power. It feels like playing hooky from a world where we are kettled by capitalism,” she continued, emphasising the shift towards truly living your life rather than simply purchasing a lifestyle through trending products.

When older people ridicule us for being upset at the way life is, it is because they have come to accept that this is all life is and will be. I’ve been told countless times by those older than me that I will get used to adult life.

most everyday music listening is an accompaniment to other activities; it is far less common that listening is someone’s primary activity, receiving most of their attention.

In the West, modern museums evolved from so-called Cabinets of Curiosities, which typically displayed wondrous artifacts of the natural world—shells, fossils, plants and organisms—taken from their context and mounted inside. The natural world is sampled and split apart, studied and displayed.