Hello, the 90s called and they want their bandanas back
This wonderful wonderful piece by the writer Patrick Lenton about his long-distance pandemic relationship and the “mysterious romantic chaos that you can’t game or predict” will be one of the most joyful things you’ll read all week
Aussie artists share ideas on how to support Australia’s struggling music industry which, eighteen months on, continues to stare down the barrel of cancelled live shows (Pre-purchase tickets! Send fan DMs! Share their music online!)
Not everything needs a bag
Okay, so THIS is why we’re all seeing loads of TikToks covered in text right now
An amazing piece about the absurdity and cruelty of the myth that one beats cancer by staying positive
We feel sick to our stomachs typing this… it turns out can get your climate crisis news from the New York Times, and simultaneously consume ads for the fossil fuel industry while you’re at it
This food diary is an absolute rollercoaster from beginning to end (and makes us weirdly miss New York even though we’ve never lived there)
Nothing has made us want to be part of the Succession cast more than this Vulture piece that followed the cast for a few weeks while they shot scenes in Tuscany
Gawker’s new ‘Ask a Fuck-up’ column dishes out sage advice to a geriatric millennial who’s starting to resent their more successful friends (“I worry I've missed my chance to build the life I want. I have a lot of envy towards all the people my age (and younger) who already have their shit together, who chose secure partners and stable work, who didn't burn themselves out, who own property.”)
How do you know when it’s time to make a change?
The questions raised in this thought-provoking article about careers are simple, but answering them could be life altering: "What if people don’t want a career? What if work didn’t make you feel awful? What would life be like if we didn’t live to work?”
Obsessed with this skinny house
Our podcast rec this week is Everybody Knows, a new five-part series from the 7am team about the rise and fall of the MeToo movement in Australia. Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride
