Society

9 June 2023Bad books, organised books, books-in-progressI point proudly at my bookcase like a child showing off their things on a playdate and tell you about a couple I creepily observed at a restaurant last year. 3 June 2023Gaslighting at workIf your boss is questioning your wellbeing, maybe they're a reality-denying asshole with a gaslighting problem? 26 May 2023KnittingSix terrific books to add to your pile, a reflection on why you're probably a disproportionate asshole in your relationships and a hopeful note on AI in a late-capitalist wasteland. 24 May 2023Are you on the right side of history?On staying humble in our moral conviction, given what historical assholes we probably all are. 19 May 2023Saving timeThis week's Friday Flurry goes deep on Jenny Odell's new book, and gets a bit meta. What is time, what is it for, and how healthy is your relationship with it? Is that your fault? (Spoiler: no.) 12 May 2023Guilt, fashion and general dreadIf you're a worrier who feels weird about fashion, you're not alone. 2 May 2023Stop being so damn nice7 reasons why being polite/nice is a terrible idea, including inequality, inauthenticity and... being boring. 26 April 2023Why women are so bloody exhausted right nowMen - read this to find out why the vaccuum cleaner is always out. 16 April 2023WTF, Netflix?Teenage sex, child sexual abuse, and a very queasy entertainment genre. 15 April 2023Gyms are weirdGym bodies: a healthy goal, the ultimate class signifier, an oddity of late stage capitalism, or all three? 21 November 2022The Alicia McKay ShowCatch up on episodes of the Alicia McKay show 15 September 2022Inciting incidentsThe Queen's death is a powerful inciting incident. An opportunity to ask important collective questions about our history and the kind of society we want to live in. Is it time for you to muse? 7 September 2022Unwinnable gamesSome games can't be won, and need the rules need changing. Stop trying to optimise yourself and start tearing down the structures that keep you trapped. 31 July 2022Truth is, I'm rash.I'm good at walking out. I make snap decisions on gut feeling, and sometimes that comes back to bite me. 23 July 2022Contentious conversations: How to convert outrage into connectionThe potential for outrage is high right now. How can you have controversial conversations without descending into conflict? 30 June 2022I'm not much but I'm all I think about: the risks of social disconnectionWe spend 5x as much time lurking, watching and comparing ourselves to the public versions of others than we do interacting with people we care about. Eesh. No wonder we're trapped in our own heads. 21 April 2022The problem with authentic leadershipAuthenticity in the workplace but misses the point on power and privilege. 17 March 2022Are we all just hermits now? Thoughts on social habits and staying home.Our social habits have been disrupted by the pandemic, and many of us just want to stay home now. That's cool! Trust yourself. 10 June 2021Balancing the Grind with Alicia McKay, Founder of Not An MBABalance the Grind feature 5 May 2021Could COVID change relationships forever?We might not get our revolution. But we might get something even more important instead. We might start to be realer with one another.