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What's got my attention this week #13
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What's got my attention this week #13

Things to read, watch and listen to this weekend

sam baker
Aug 04, 2023
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England made it to the final 16 in the World Cup, thanks, in large part, to Lauren James. Their next match, against Nigeria, is 8.30am BST Monday. Not the most convenient timing, I know, but I’m sure your boss will understand…

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• It’s time to stop trying to get it all done.
• Mona Eltahawy is trying to age without following anyone else’s map.
• Is the era of social media over – or have we just grown up?
• “My husband and I decided to live apart in mid-life, it’s been great for our marriage.”
• Do you use “weak language” on purpose?
• How a once-controversial theory of trauma became the dominant way to make sense of our lives.
• If you love Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ podcast, Wiser Than Me, this interview with her will push all the same buttons.
• The rise of the disability doula.
• Wellness culture is just beauty culture by any other name.

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