Megan went on a staycation for the Cancer new moon & contemplated the catch-22 of caring for a baby (fur or otherwise) IFKYK 🌼 🌑 🌊

what's cool this week:
🪩 encouraging your friends' sag Mars tendencies 
💵 financial independence for the girlies 
📜 nostalgic camera roll scrolling > doomscrolling #whoknew
🪧 demanding better workplace conditions & fair pay 
☀️ "summering" is back (for child-free women who wfh)
💔 venus retrograde in leo = everyone breaking up 
🍦 pinkydoll 
⏹️ being a clog instead of a cog 

mentioned media:

• Barbiecore: Aesthetic-forward Marketing in the Digital Social Age (M.T. Deco Blog) 
• Culture Work: The Weekly Work (Substack) @culturework (TikTok) 
• How PinkyDoll Mesmerized the Internet With ‘Ice Cream So Good’ (NYT) 
• Not Sari Art podcast: The Moralization of the Gimmick
• The Retrievals podcast (h/t Maddy Buxton) 

Follow Megan as she: Reads (sometimes), Listens to niche playlists, sporadically TikToks, & works out her thoughts for this podcast @meganspodcast.

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