How BookTok is ruining the joy of reading

How BookTok is ruining the joy of reading

As book lovers strain to keep up with BookTok’s colossal reading goals, how does speed becoming a books’ main selling point kill our enjoyment of reading? Can you read 74 books in one month? When Sarah Merrigan, 26, realised she was miles behind her lofty book goal...
Main character energy: Self-Love or narcissism?

Main character energy: Self-Love or narcissism?

Is main character energy helping us heal, or just making us more self-obsessed? In an age of validation and aesthetic self-branding, Unglossed explores whether romanticising your life is an act of empowerment, or just a soft-filtered form of narcissism. It’s golden...
Thank you for saving us, recession pop

Thank you for saving us, recession pop

The “clean girl aesthetic” has been running rampant on social media for far too long. But it’s time  is coming to an end, and that’s all thanks to its rival – recession pop.  This trend has been making waves. People are rediscovering over-the-top...