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After decades of being sold the idea, especially as women, that the regulated self is the healthy self, we’re collectively hitting breaking point. 

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are onboard to analyse the shift – all stations to crash out central. We cover the big‑feelings energy of Gracie Abrams’ new Look At My Life music vid, the unsettled debate between catharsis and suppression, the reality tv blow-ups that raised us, and the 72‑part internet dramas that are maybe a little too much (even for us).

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Look At My Life music video by Gracie Abrams 

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

What Does 'Crashing Out' Mean? By Becca Wood, TODAY 

Gen Z is ‘Crashing Out’ – but experts warn it’s an unhealthy way to regulate emotions, by Fabiana Buontempo, New York Post

Crashing Out: The Psychology Behind Gen Z’s Term For Losing It, Simply Psychology 

Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work by Vail Cornwall and Juli Fraga, Slate

Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does by Russell McLendon, Science Alert

Whatever Happened to Primal Therapy? by Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine

Gemma Collins crashing out On Celebrity Big Brother

Real Housewives of Beverley Hills Amsterdam dinner scene

What Happened In The 'Cozy Grocery NYC Roommate Drama'? The Viral TikTok Story And Controversy Explained, K.J. Genualdo, Yahoo Entertainment 

The Woman In Me, Britney Spears

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We now know soooo much about sleep – how much we should be getting, how much we actually aren’t, the “multivolume fright compendium” of risks attached to not enough sleep, and the booming optimisation industry promising to fix it all. And yet the more we chase the perfect eight hours with all the right tools, the further away it seems to drift.

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson pull apart our collective obsession with “fixing” sleep. We get into the viral TikTok bedtime routines engineered for peak rest, sleep as the latest optimisation frontier for the hustlers among us, and the people who simply can’t sleep – from chronic insomnia to the genetics of true short sleepers. If you don’t hear from us next week? Idk we’re probably sleeping. 

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⁠Emily’s (@gildedwhim) viral wind-down routine⁠ on TikTok

⁠Your Quest For Perfect Sleep Is Keeping You Awake⁠ by Stacey Colino, Time

⁠Why Some People Thrive on Four Hours Of Sleep⁠ by Shayla Love, The New Yorker

⁠Why Can’t Americans Sleep?⁠ by Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic

⁠Franz Kafka's Insomnia Haunted Him, But It Also Fueled His Creativity⁠, Antonia Perciaccante interview, Huffpost 

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Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, of Skywalkers Netflix documentary fame, climbed the Empire State Building without ropes, got engaged at the summit as the world watched on, and claimed it was all in service of a message about peace and love. 

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson unpack why we’re so drawn to the daredevils among us (the biology, the psychology, the myth-making) and how our relationship with risk continues to evolve – shaped by context, age, and even the generation we grew up in. 

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Climbers Get Engaged Atop Empire State Building. Then They Get Arrested. By Andy Newman, Maia Coleman and Chelsia Rose Marcius, The New York Times

Skywalkers: A Love Story documentary, Netflix

Free Solo documentary, Disney+ 

The Strange Brain of the World's Greatest Solo Climber by J.B. MacKinnon, Nautilus

The Morbid Curiosity of Watching a Daredevil Risk His Life⁠ by R. Douglas Fields, Psychology Today

⁠An integrative framework for mapping the psychological landscape of risk perception⁠ by Sarah C. Jenkins, Robert F. Lachlan and Magda Osman, Scientific Reports

⁠Coast Guard says Titan submersible deaths were preventable and faults company's CEO⁠, by Victoria Hansen, NPR 

Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster documentary, Netflix

Gen Z’s Great Retreat from Risk by Arthur Brooks, The Free Press

Finding Nemo (yes, really), Disney+

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From the daily choices that drain us (what to eat, what to wear, which tab to close), to the big existential questions we procrastinate on out of sheer overwhelm (Alice Griffin: “who am I”, etc.) we’ve never been more exhausted by our own decision‑making.

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson pull apart the paradox of choice in the age of infinite options: Elyse Myers’ viral video resurfacing as decision fatigue in action, maximisers vs satisficers (tag yourself), and what actually happens when we try to remove every friction from our lives. So which choices genuinely deserve our energy and where can we opt out? 

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Elyse Myer’s video on outsmarting decision fatigue

How High Performers Overcome Decision Fatigue by Marlynn Wei, Psychology Today

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? by John Tierney, New York Times

The Paradox Of Choice by Barry Schwartz

When Choice is Demotivating: Can One Desire Too Much of a Good Thing? by Sheena S. Iyengar and Mark R. Lepper, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

The Mom Who Runs A Household With AI Agents by Lane Brown, The Cut 

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In a culture obsessed with comeback arcs and self‑improvement, we’ve turned failure into something it was never meant to be: productive, meaningful, and always redeemable. But real life is messier. Some flops teach us, some flops just hurt, and some flops become lore… (if you were in the audience at Bongo’s Bingo, pls come forward).

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dissect ‘the flop’ in the age of AI, hyper‑curation, and personal branding – from Lizzo and her new album BITCH all the way to Grand Designs (trust us), we explore why some people choose to reclaim their failures and others own them as lessons. 

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Lizzo’s New Album Didn’t Even Chart. What Happened? by Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone

Lizzo In The Age Of Backlash, by Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker

When Rebecca Was 13 She Was Mocked Over Her Viral Video. Now The Joke’s On The Haters, by John Bailey, The Age

Hilary Duff Does Viral ‘With Love’ Dance at First Concert in 10 Years, Entertainment Tonight

Not Learning From Failure – The Biggest Failure Of All study by Lauren Eskreis-Winkler and Ayelet Fishbach, Psychological Science

How To Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast 

Grand Designs’ Most Infamous Lighthouse Disaster, Channel 4

⁠How Olivia Rodrigo’s Love Songs Became a Breakup Album⁠, Popcast from The New York Times 

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In her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Olivia Rodrigo sings, “It’s feminine intuition, ’cause I always had a vision of us standing like this”, and Jannah couldn’t agree more. (Alice has notes). 

We live in the most information‑heavy moment in human history, yet we’ve never felt less certain. So this week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson turn inward to examine intuition itself: Olivia Rodrigo’s album and the wave of intuition content it’s spawned, the gut feelings that felt like more than coincidence, and the booming psychic‑industrial complex attempting to sell our “inner knowing” back to us at scale. The irony being that the more we try to outsource intuition, the less we’re able to trust our own.

And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: your clothes are trying to kill you (they’re not), and the skincare being marketed to three-year-olds. 

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The Ritual newsletter, KIC

Cosmeticorexia: How Girls Are Falling Down A Skincare Rabbit Hole by Ruth Clegg, BBC

drop dead by Olivia Rodrigo 

‘It’s Feminine Intuition’: Predictions For OR3, Ell Heeps, Varsity

My Secret Addiction by Julie Gordon, Maclean's

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 

The Power of Intuition by Gary A. Klein

Recognition Memory, Familiarity, and Déjà vu Experiences by Anne M. Cleary

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés 

Is 2026 the year of the witch? by Madeleine Woon

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

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We all know the endless research on the negative effects of our phones. And yet, we keep picking them up.

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dig into the so-called solutions – dumb phones, no‑phone policies, two‑device lifestyles – and ask whether any of them are actually helping us break compulsive habits, or just giving us new ways to aestheticise restraint.

Plus, because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’re calling for justice for beta blockers on the set of the Summer House Reunion, and yes, witchcraft is in (more on that soon). 

☆ Save the date: the Glitter Gel Pen Book Club will be joining us at the Coping Studio on 25 June for the launch of ⁠our Silent Reading Sessions⁠ (and coming back monthly!). ☆

Watch: ⁠Summer House Reunion Part 3⁠ (essential viewing!!) 

⁠Is 2026 the Year of the Witch?⁠ By Madeleine Woon, Russh

⁠My Most Capable Clients Are Becoming Prisoners Of Their Smartphones, But There Is A Way Out⁠ by Carly Dober, The Guardian

⁠What I Saw At The Phoebe Bridges No-Phones MSG Show (To The Best Of My Recollection)⁠ by Erin Somers, GQ

⁠Fujifilm Forecast Trends Report 2026⁠

⁠The Flip Phone Cleanse⁠ by Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic 

⁠Do I Look Ridiculous Carrying Two Phones?⁠ by Gabriella Gershenson, New York Times

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We’re in a cost‑of‑living crisis (but you knew that already). While being frugal isn’t a choice for most of us, it’s seen influencers take a hard pivot to de-influencing, underconsumption core, frugal chic, and month-long spending freezes. Somehow not buying things has become a trend of its own and, inevitably, an industry.

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson share their favourite case studies of frugality – from Bradley on a Budget to Hollywood’s infamous poverty cosplays to the influencers thrifting their way through fashion week voxpops. 

And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’ve got a man on the inside of an IRL wellness challenge, plus the rise of parasite cleanses (DON’T try at home).

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Influencers Push Parasite Cleanses, But Doctors Say To Steer Clear by Sarah Boden, NPR

Bradley On A Budget on TikTok

Bradley On A Budget Interview by Jessica Coacci, Fortune 

Homeless by Dior by Bridget Foley, WWD 

Watch: Tyra Banks goes ‘homeless’ for a day 

Watch: 1000 People See For The First Time, MrBeast

Read: Maid and Class by Stephanie Land

Watch: Maid on Netflix 

How To Be ‘Frugally Chic’ by Mia McGrath on Substack

Watch: Daily Telegraph interviews Australian Fashion Week influencers

Jaclyn Hill Was Losing Views, But Maybe It’s Overconsumption That’s Finally Out Of Style by Rebecca Cohen, NBC News

The Cost-of-living Crisis In Australia, Salvation Army

Read: Karl Marx and the Marxist School

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Xochitl González might just smoke again. Writing in The Cut, Xochitl captures the absurdity of organising our lives around a “future self” who, these days, may never materialise. How naïve of us.

Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson follow that nihilistic thread into the architecture of pleasure: when joy must be mindful, intentional, functional, and net‑positive to qualify, what exactly qualifies. Maybe the thing worth interrogating isn’t nicotine or sugar or screen time, but the way pleasure itself has been moralised into something that requires a defence.

And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’re deeping the Enhanced Games (international conspiracy?), and embracing the sticker star charts of your cosy productivity dreams.

Episode image: Getty (sourced via The Cut)

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The Enhanced Games Is Here. But Forget The ‘Sport’ – It Has Something It Wants To Sell You by Matt Slater, New York Times

I Mean, Why Shouldn’t We All Start Smoking Cigarettes Again? by Xochitl González, The Cut

Why We Should All Embrace Nihilism by Gemma Parker, The Guardian 

Miley Cyrus’s Latest Beauty Muse? Glastonbury-Era Kate Moss by Ranyechi Udwmezue, British Vogue

Watch: Fran Lebowitz in Pretend It’s A City, Netflix

Read: Pleasure Activism by Adrian Maree Brown 

The Narcotic Pleasures of Cleantok by Jessica Grose, New York Times

Epicurus, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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We’ve never analysed our friendships more – doorbell friends, friendship audits, rankings, and the architecture of “meaningful connections”. But in a world defined by overwork, isolation, algorithms, and convenience culture, is all this discourse actually bringing us closer… or just giving us new ways to spiral?

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are unpacking the rise of friendship anxiety and the limits of the tools meant to soothe it, ultimately discovering that the real issue is structural: a world that engineered community out, then sold it back to us as a subscription.

And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re also talking: the DIY labs closing the loop on longevity testing, and Kylie Jenner’s new hydration drink that makes you “glow from within” (sigh). 

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⁠Women Are Lonelier Than Ever. It’s Putting Their Health At Risk⁠ by Kellie Scott, ABC News

⁠The Friendship Audit: How I Evaluated My Relationships – and Rebuilt My Inner Circle⁠ by Isabelle Eyman, Camille Styles

Watch: ⁠Hannah Ferguson on Inherited Podcast⁠

⁠Loneliness – It’s Not Only You⁠, Conversations Podcast, ABC

Watch: ⁠Lana on TikTok⁠

⁠How People Think About Being Alone Shapes Their Experience of Loneliness⁠ by Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz and Ethan Kross

⁠Loneliness Is A Problem A.I Won’t Solve⁠ by Jessica Grose, New York Times

⁠Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?⁠ by Jamie Ducharme, TIME

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