kate hawley was honoured as the costume designer of the year at the british fashion awards 2025 for her work in frankenstein, so glad she is getting her flowers.
I love when grown people are still so fun and goofy. Especially in work environments. Idk why the world wants you to be stoic, boring and bitter. Just grey and unbothered, that’s depressing!
the feeling of exploring a coffee shop you’ve never been to, the initial awkwardness of talking to a stranger, the unease of eating alone at a restaurant, the indulgence of letting yourself sleep until 11, there’s more to life than constant stability
caring deeply is the only way anything great gets built.
no one ever changed the world by being cool and detached. they cared so much it scared people. they couldn’t shut up about it. they lost sleep over it. that devotion, that relentless giving a fuck; that’s what moves mountains.
be annoying about what you love.
‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad is the winner of the National Book Awards 2025 for Nonfiction.
The book explores how events such as the genocide in Gaza have changed the author’s perception of the West — a place he believed to be of “justice for all” when first arriving 20 years ago.
when anaïs nin wrote “i have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living” and when sylvia plath wrote “i don't know what its like to not have deep emotions even when i feel nothing”
SZA condemns the “classic misogynoir” treatment Cynthia Erivo faced after being ridiculed for protecting Ariana Grande from a crazed individual:
"[E]veryone’s gonna have cognitive dissonance 2 years later like ‘remember when everyone attacked cynthia for being black bald and nurturing? that was crazy’ it could jus stop now"
it’s intellectual girl era. reading classics. discovering new beautiful words. writing pages of philosophical thoughts in a journal. learning about ancient history, mythology and metaphysics. becoming a well-read woman.