What a week!! Hence our longest on record (of the whole 5 we have done). It's long but a goodie...From the ICE protests to the infamous Lively v. Baldoni feud, literature to the rescue of masculinity and whether Nicole should spend all her earnings on a fresh new babyface – we’ve gone through the lot. Guess Friday 13th really is luck for some...

Links:

The revenge of the young male novelist, by George Monaghan for The New Statesmen | https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2025/06/the-revenge-of-the-young-male-novelist

Teenage girls’ TikTok skincare regimes offer little to no benefit, research shows, by Nicola Davis for The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/09/teenage-girls-tiktok-skincare-regimes-offer-little-to-no-benefit-research-shows

Return of the witch trial, by Annabel Preston for Bursting the Bubble | https://open.substack.com/pub/annabelpreston/p/return-of-the-witch-trial?r=3ae8k8&utm_medium=ios

The Elon Musk and Donald Trump Feud Proves Men Are Just Too Emotional to Be in Charge, by Stephanie McNeal for Glamour | https://www.glamour.com/story/the-elon-musk-and-donald-trump-feud-makes-us-think-they-are-too-emotional-to-be-in-charge

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