A love letter to the errand friend date (“Ok I’m a human and you’re a human and we’re going to take an intimate walk through this seemingly ordinary part of my life, but if you look closely, this moment will reveal something delightfully specific and illuminating to what makes me, me, and I want to share that with you because quite frankly – I just like your company.”) ️
HBO Max has dropped the first full trailer for the Gossip Girl reboot, and we'll come right out and say it: these kids are terrifying
This week in The Cut’s finance advice column, @CharlotteCowles has dished out sage advice for a person who doesn't want to seem cheap but also doesn't want to keep paying for other people's drinks (“No, it’s not cheap to ask for seperate bills”)
“It’s great to hang out after self-isolating for a year — I’m not acting weird, am I?”
Still not sick of reading every single thing about Mare of Easttown we can get our hands on, even (especially) if it’s a critical essay examining when Mare Sheehan stopped dying her hair blonde
The infinite scroll was born 15 years ago this week and – surprise surprise – the guy that invented it now regrets it
What’s the most beautiful piece of writing you’ve ever come across?
We thought the days of crushing on Brad Pitt were long gone but turns out we were wrong
Obsessed with these embroidered forests
Katie Hawkins-Gaar, who publishes the very excellent newsletter My Sweet Dumb Brain, writes this week about doing a pandemic post-mortem, and as always, it’s fascinating to read about other people’s pandemic experiences
These pandemic reunions made us have quiet little sobs at our desks
Here’s some food for thought: Why does the ethnic aisle still exist?
An incredible piece in Aeon about facing your sorrows and struggles (“You feel sad? Feel sad. Don’t judge it, don’t push it away and don’t try to control its passage”)
Here’s what happened in Bali when the tourism (and money) stopped flowing, according to people living there
