cambridge’s word of the year for 2025 is “parasocial,” which i thought was a little dated until i found that they expanded the definition to include AI. how bleak!!! and how absolutely timely. i guess it really is the word of the year.

books and articles for further reading:

celebrity culture

girl on girl by sophie gilbert ⭑ everyone is a content creator now | dazed ⭑ the life and deathlessness of our parasocial relationships | young star

AI chatbots

lurking: how a person became a user by joanne mcneil ⭑ chatgpt use cases: harvard business review | openai ⭑ if we letting AI tell our stories, who will remember how we feel? | young star ⭑ i tried chatgpt for therapy. here’s what i found. | young star ⭑ the day chatgpt went cold | new york times ⭑ gender disparities in GenAI use | harvard business school ⭑ there’s a reason women aren’t swooning over AI like men are | the nöosphere ⭑ ‘i felt pure, unconditional love’: the people who marry their AI chatbots | guardian

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read-aloud of my substack essay about a certain podcaster, the merits of making Arguing With People Online the be-all and end-all of your political participation (especially in the philippines, where i am), and my month of hate comments.

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reading aloud my substack essay, it made me a woman, being hurt like that, a very ordinary story about self-worth, doing womanhood right, and negotiating reality.

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