What it's like to live in a world without pain (“Cameron has never experienced the extremes of rage, dread, grief, anxiety, or fear. “I see stress,” she continued, “and I’ve seen pain, what it does, but I’m talking about an abstract thing.”)
“I’m so sick of being asked if I regret not having kids”
One of our all-time favourite people to follow on Twitter is the writer Rachel Syme, who’s excellent at being nosy and asking questions that gets people talking. This week, she’s asked people to share purchases that cost $25 or less that have sparked joy during lockdown. Lots of gold here
Really loving Sarah Wilson’s hiking soundtrack
Apparently dark under-eye circles are cool now? (Vanessa: !!!!)
This is genius: Walden Pond are a little Aussie publisher who turn all of the online articles that you save each month into a printed zine, and then deliver it straight to your letterbox for you to read at your leisure, san screens. You can choose the length of the zine based on your available reading time, and they ship worldwide
One chicken, four meals
Aussies, here’s a good indication of when you’ll get your jab
Just in case you haven’t watched it yet or fancy a second (third, fourth) viewing, here’s the video clip of the lawyer who logged into a virtual court session only to be accidentally turned into a cat. When questioned, he said, “I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” and thus the catchphrase of 2021 was born
Speaking of 2021 energy, Phoebe Bridgers appeared live on SNL this week and her whole performance is spell-binding but the last 30 seconds is a real mood. Watch the whole thing and watch til the end, you won’t regret it (and then read this)
A beautiful, sweet, sad, funny piece by the writer Roxane Gay about how nice it is to have someone else to care about
Lizzie’s podcast rec of the week is The Test Kitchen, a three parter published by Reply All. It’s about the online reckoning that Bon Appétit faced in 2020, in the wake of former employees calling it a racist and toxic workplace. But this story actually started ten years earlier – and the first episode will have you wondering why it went on for so long. It’s goooood
We could happily read about cacio e pepe all day and we suspect you may feel the same?
An 18-year-old kid who was barely alive when MySpace had its heyday has recreated it perfectly, messy custom HTML and all. It’s called Space Hey and it’s giving us serious 2005 vibes (you can even create a profile and everything). We know what we’re doing this weekend…
