With coronavirus restrictions limiting the number of people in our homes, how do we pick and choose what friends we have over and why does it hurt so much when we're not in the mix? PLUS what the hell a performative friend is and how we navigate them on social media.

We really hope you've enjoyed our first ever episode of 23!! It's been a wild ride getting this pod together and we're excited to keep the realness rolling. https://www.instagram.com/twentythree_podcast/ (Find us on instagram @twentythree_podcast!)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/jul/23/how-to-spot-a-performative-friend-taylor-swift-rock ('How to Spot a performative friend' - The Guardian)

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/the-friendship-cure:-why-its-our-salvation/9626132 ('The Friendship Cure' - Kate Weaver (Via ABC News))

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-08705-001 ('Alone but feeling no pain' -APA PsychNet)

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-04-28-friends-better-morphine ('Friends better than morphine' - Katrina Johnson (via Oxford University))