Ello girlies, final Patreon-oldie but goodie coming up for you before the girls are back next week (with a merch announcement!). Chose this one because although there are a few old bits (a brief chat about Khloe Kardashian having another baby with Tristan Thompson, for example,) we speak a lot about the inner workings of how Love Island manages to capture the nation/world each season (plus, its relationship to fast fashion, the mental health aspect and the influencer pipeline), then how books became a hot girl accessory and, in honour of that, our hot girl book recommendations.

Book recs in order:

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Mike Nichols: A Life

Anything by David Sedaris - like Me Talk Pretty One Day, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

What Artists Wear by Charlie Porter

Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet

Devotion by Patti Smith

What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

The Seven Lives of Evelyn Hugo

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

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