julia kittelty
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Best queer books I read in 2024
Sometimes when I’m scrolling on social media, as I do, I come across creators or users who start a video by saying “I read 100 books this year”, or “All the books I read this month”, and it’s something diabolical like seventeen, and they’re all more than 700 pages long. And then I’ll end up…
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“To write well you need to read, and read widely”: Charlee Brooks aka Grandpa’s Book Club on the internet, queer literature and his undying love for Patti Smith.
In the background of the voice notes that Charlee Brooks has sent me, I can hear quiet birdlike chatter, the rolling of wheels on tracks and the metallic sound of loudspeaker announcements. He’s on a train, coasting through small towns in Europe on his way to Amsterdam. He apologises for the noise.
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How to shop secondhand as a mid-size girlie
There are people who love to shop, and then there is me. I’m a shopping enthusiast, an obsessive, an aficionado if you will. A pre-loved devotee, I rarely set foot in new clothing stores. If I’ve got a free Saturday, you can count on the fact that I’ll be sliding a Taylor Swift CD into my car…
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One skirt, five ways: I wore the same skirt for a week
In today’s social media-fueled world, it’s easy to think that in order to ‘keep up’, you have to continually buy new things. The reality is that we’re never truly satiated. Yesterday’s online purchase arrives in the mail today, and tomorrow you’re ready for something new.
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I tried getting up at 6am for a week and asked a sleep psychologist for help
I’ve never been a morning person. Even when I was young, on a Saturday morning you’d find me buried under the sheets, unwilling to drag myself out of bed before 11am. “You’ve missed half the day,” my mum would say to me as I trudged down the hallway after midday, still in my pyjamas.
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As a chronic online shopper, will this wishlist app help me buy more consciously?
I’m a big shopper. I can’t leave the house without buying something, whether it be an iced latte, a little treat or a cute top I see in the window of a thrift store that I just have to have.
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A consignment store buyer on op shopping when you’re mid-sized and above
We all love op shopping but when you exist in a larger body (think mid-size or above), the experience can be more frustrating than inspiring. Sometimes I find myself in stores that seem to have nothing made to fit my body and some (most) plus-size sections leave a lot to be desired. On the hunt for advice, I…
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Why is it ‘cringe’ to look like you’ve put effort into your outfit? I asked a stylist
Curated to within an inch of their lives (as much as an algorithm can be curated), my Instagram and TikTok feeds are full of content creators that I love. I scroll and I see two shirts tied together to create something new, skirts layered to create dresses, accessories chosen based on star signs and outfit building inspired by digital…
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Everything you need to know about getting a septum piercing
In primary school, I desperately wanted my ears pierced. I anxiously waited until my ninth birthday (the age my mum decided was appropriate) to book an appointment at my local chemist, where a teenager shot two green gemstones through my lobes with a piercing gun.
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How posting my outfits online improved my confidence
There’s nothing quite as mortifying as scrolling through your Instagram archive, looking at all the embarrassing photos you posted years ago. And even worse than the photos are the captions. Between references to song lyrics (Taylor Swift, I’m looking at you), moody Tumblr quotes…
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