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This week: curry seagull; the controversial Cats trailer; and why Ireland's 8th amendment might have been repealed - but is far from what has been legally mandated.
And on today’s agenda, we delve into Instagram's proposed removal of the 'like' counter, which is being trialled in countries including Japan and Australia. Will this change social media for the better? Will it eradicate 'comparisonitus', a flimsiness of self constructed on dopamine hits, and the homogeneity of 'basic' culture? And what is the future for influencer culture? Dolly and I discuss, with reference to our own complicity in this personal profit model.
We also tackle our growing obsession with the processes and routines of people we admire. From beauty to work to sleep to exercise, we are obsessed with the schedules of other people. But what does that say about the way we live our lives? Is it an attempt to shrug off our own lives and co-opt what we perceive to be a happier, more optimised one?
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Links
Kate Kellaway interviews Lemn Sissay for The Guardian, 2016 https://bit.ly/2bs5oGL
Frank Sinatra Has Got A Cold, by Gay Talese for Esquire, 1966 https://bit.ly/2uLGEqS
Profile of Zadie Smith in The Telegraph, 2002 https://bit.ly/2JV4ftK
'Police officers demanded to see my books' by Elif Shafak for The Guardian https://bit.ly/2Y63aZ8
Is Instagram's removal of its 'like' counter a turning point in social media? https://bit.ly/2Y220yI
Megan Nolan on her teenage relationships with older men for The New Statesman: https://bit.ly/2McXEhb
Caitlin Moran on not slut-shaming daughters: https://bit.ly/2YnjLrt
Why are we obsessed with other people's daily habits? by Suzannah Showler: https://bit.ly/32OVIkP
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
So Lucky, by Dawn O'Porter, pre-order now
10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World, by Elif Shafak
Have You Heard George's Podcast? By George Mpanga https://apple.co/2PieAST
Zadie Smith interview on the Touré Show https://bit.ly/2M9mDBM
For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacyWe've Only Gone And Done It: A Deep-Dive Into Wagatha Christie
Prince Harry's Letter To The Tabloids; & Do Brits Spend Money On Being Polite?
An Author Special With Drag Queen Amrou Al-Kadhi
Digital Etiquette (& Why We Need It); & Male Vs Female Vanity
She Said; Once Upon A Time In Hollywood; & The Personal Essay That 'Broke' The Internet
An Author Special on Being The Other Mother with Comedian Jen Brister
A Bumper Back To School Book Special
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Style Guide; & On Young People Not Watching The News on TV
An Author Special with The One, The Only, The National Treasure: David Nicholls
Meghan & Harry's Godparent Privacy Furore; And What Makes A True Eccentric?
Debunking Wellness Myths with Is Butter A Carb? Authors, Rosie Saunt & Helen West
*EPISODE 100* Why Do Brits Hate Other Brits Abroad? & The Influencer Engagement #Sponcon Furore
An Author Special with anti-FGM Campaigner Nimko Ali on What We’re Told Not To Talk About
Pride Month; & the Complex Conundrum of Euthanasia
Should Celebrities Be Involved In Prison Reform?; & The Lunacy of Hen/Stag Season
What The Moby-Natalie Portman Row Reveals About Entitlement & Truth-Telling; & Are Women Without Children Happier?
Alabama's Abortion Ban; & The Trouble with Uber's New 'Silence' Mode
The concept of ‘workism’ & Bryony Gordon on mental health in teen girls
An Author Special with Rosie Price on the effects of trauma on the mind and body
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