Steff Malherbe
@steffim
Steff Malherbe
Why are so many young people looking for God?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vYDu7aYAnbsvMPplrXxkQ?si=E_jEcylLS-KiC-QfGtgXXg
lots of spikes towards religion throughout history
My ex getting baptised
Desire for community & guidance
Desire for simplicity (trad wives/ having a clear doctrine from religion to follow vs complexity of trans rights,
Everybody Writes by Ann Handley
set time aside everyday when you are freshest
don’t write a lot, just write often
publishing is a privilege - “[this] is a necessary mindset that creates a breeding ground for great writing and content. it is a point of view that says we value our relationships with ur audience. we put their needs first. we want to earn
(It’s arguable that we could understand the institution of celebrity itself as similarly suspicious: despite the prevailing liberalism of Hollywood, the values of celebrity—visibility, performance, aspiration, extreme physical beauty—promote an approach to womanhood that relies on individual exceptionalism in an inherently conservative way.)
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import.
