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too many people, under the guise of ‘self care’ and wellness don’t go out anymore. on the surface I support this as prioritising mental health etc is obvi not bad thing. I just wonder if we’re as a culture inadvertently becoming to risk adverse/ kinda lame? like we’re young, i don’t want to hear about the netflix show youre watching… i don’t want to hear about your knitted scarf… can we all just grab a pint and do some ket in the toilet?
Feb 16, 2024
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ins: brat, spontaneous nights out and ending up at the karaoke bar, open air theatre, cycling everywhere, accidental pub crawls, tennis skirts (challengers-core), going to the cinema late at night on the weekdays, gossiping with your best friends, grandma shoes
out: high screen time, rotting in bed, overly planning, caring about what’s “cool”
Jun 10, 2024
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INS/ trend forecast
-funk/disco music revival
-late 60s- early 80s style comeback
-red
-face masks
-peel off polaroids
-stripes & florals
-physical media, DVDs
-adventuring in your home town
-tortoiseshell pattern> cheetah/leopard
-medieval revival brought into the mainstream
-gold>silver
-shopping mall revival
-signet rings
-meditation
-having your own thoughts
-sport: climbing (outfits worn as everyday style too)
-handwritten recipes
-recording studios
-loungewear: grey varsity sweaters and black thongs
-honesty and kindness
-petitions and marches for things you believe in
-making the most of alone time
OUTS
-men wearing carabiners
-embarrassment
-people taking to me about their situationships (leave me alone pls! i don’t have advice)
-flat shoes (sambas/ballet flats)
-speaking too loudly
-smoking (& vaping)
-overconsumption
-letting the far right take over
-drinking at every event
-driving lessons (only until they go right)
(any more suggestions?!)
Jan 19, 2025
Ins:
· Free museums
· Loving your friends loudly
· Growing food at home
· Late nights making art
· Photobooths
· Tipping your servers and delivery drivers well
· Listening to a single album or artist at a time
· Movies filmed on 35mm
· NPR
· AO3
· Reading multiple books at once
· Snail mail
· Having a signature color
· Reading the credits
· Physical media
· Local coffee shops and bookstores
· Occasional drunk cigarettes while still claiming you’re not a smoker
· House shows
· Criterion channel
· Handmade gifts
· Third places
· Media literacy
· Eating whole apples
Outs:
· Podcasts about nothing
· Labeling everything as a hyper-specific aesthetic
· Overconsuming media to the point where you aren’t even paying attention to or understanding the content (I’m looking at you 150 goodreads goals, letterboxd warriors, and 3x audiobook listeners)
· Intellectual snobbery
· Capitalism
· Depop resellers
· Vegans who judge non-vegans
· Trending audios that have absolutelye nothing to do with the video
· Not knowing how to cook
· Using ai, even when you’re bored or stuck
· Fighting to the death over celebs or authors who have no clue who you are
· Hating popular things just because they’re popular (you don’t look cool!)
· Nickle and diming your friends on venmo
· Dating apps
· Spotify's pre-made playlists
· Performative activism
· Oversharing online (please bring back secrets and keep your kinks at home)
· Monetizing your hobbies
· Colleen hoover
· Clean versions of songs
· Refusing to have strong opinions on anything
· Making smoking pot your entire personality
· Vaping
· Self help books
Jan 4, 2025
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