At some point in adulthood, you realise that becoming someone new is less exhilarating than advertised. It is mostly paperwork. It is changing your email signature. It is introducing yourself differently at parties. It is watching people continue speaking to a version of you that quietly stopped existing months ago. I regret to inform you: I have changed. Not in the cinematic way people celebrate online. There was no dramatic haircut, no solo trip to Europe, no montage scored

Based in central Porto, Portugal, there's a beautiful historic bookshop called Livraria Lello, where Dua Lipa and her book club, Service95, have just co-opened a new manifesto library dedicated to banned books and authors who were once silenced. The manifesto library includes 100 contemporary books that challenged society. It features works about power, censorship, politics, and books that were once considered too controversial for readers. According to Service95's newsletter

Why millions of young men are searching for meaning, connection, and belonging - and why voices like @hanny_ab are resonating right now. There is a strange contradiction at the center of modern life; We have never been more connected, and yet so many people have never felt more alone. We carry entire social worlds in our pockets. We know where old classmates vacation, what our colleagues ate for breakfast, and who just got engaged despite not having spoken to them in years. W

For years we've been told that outrage spreads faster than kindness, that bad news always wins, that controversy drives clicks. That the internet rewards conflict, anger, division, and fear because those are the emotions people engage with most. Open any social media platform and you're almost guaranteed to be met with another breakup, another scandal, another argument, another reminder that apparently everyone is cheating, nobody communicates anymore, and humanity is one inc

Surveillance capitalism used to look like something we were supposed to fear.It looked like CCTV cameras mounted on street corners, government databases, airport security checks, facial recognition software, Silicon Valley engineers collecting our data in anonymous office buildings. It felt cold, clinical and unmistakably dystopian. Surveillance belonged to governments, corporations and science fiction films. But now? Now it wears designer sunglasses. That's what feels so uns

Some conversations stay with you long after they end. What began as a discussion about comedy, content creation, and Tanner Devore's viral video The Whimsy Decline: The Rise of Digital Conservatism quickly unfolded into something much bigger: a conversation about what the internet is quietly taking from us. Somewhere between algorithms, irony, and the fear of looking "cringe," many of us have become increasingly hesitant to express joy, take creative risks, or simply allow ou

Being the firstborn daughter comes with a particular kind of guilt. It is not necessarily greater than other forms of guilt, but it is distinct because it emerges from the role rather than from a specific action. The eldest daughter feels responsible simply because she is the eldest. What makes it similar to all other forms of guilt, in a way, is its predictable trajectory. It begins with younger siblings. Over time, that responsibility expands and gradually becomes a duty to

People tell you to make your 20s about yourself. Build a career, travel, invest in friendships, heal, and learn who you are outside of relationships. But ever since I stopped dating and stopped making my life about love, it seems like this is the only thing people want to talk about. "Decenter love," they say, but continue to make everything about it. Yet there’s something fascinating about what happens when someone actually follows that advice. The same culture that praises

Charli XCX once said in a Subway Takes interview that art is not important—artistry is. For her, a great artist is more than the song. It is the entire culture and space they inhabit. Music, Fashion, Film, her new album out July 24, is the fullest expression of that philosophy she has ever made. She did not put herself on the cover. She put John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese: one for music, one for fashion, one for film. For a female pop star in 2026, that is a radic