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The picture is AI, the writing is not.
You know that sinking feeling when someone looks a little triumphant because you haven’t read that book, seen that film or heard that album? I hate it. I can’t help feeling like I’ve failed a test.
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The picture is AI, the writing is not.
A while back, I stumbled across an interview with Sister Dorothea. She’s a Carmelite prioress at a monastery in Christchurch, New Zealand, a life she found most unexpectedly through the rock band Blac...
It’s been a while, but a whole bunch of you have found your way here anyway. What a treat! For the newcomers: Cultural Tendencies doesn’t care about Substack “truths”. There is no niche. There is only what fascinates or frustrates me. You w...
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According to a surprising number of angry strangers online, my outlook on life is “annoyingly optimistic.” I prefer “stubbornly optimistic” because, right now, staying optimistic about the world is both ne...
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Watching a very unpalatable US politician saying ridiculous things about gay people a few days ago reminded me of a weird piece of news from my own neck of the woods - Sweden. It’s a nice place to visit, but if...
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Writer, speaker and cultural commentator. I write about culture, creativity, power – and why any of it matters. Hard to ignore. Never boring.
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