The Bluestocking
Helen Lewis, Katie HerzogI read the internet, so you don’t have to.
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Now That's What I Call ... Me at The Atlantic
Happy Tuesday!
Thank you, LinkedIn, for reminding me that this week marks my “work anniversary” (not a real thing). Yes, I’ve been at The Atlantic for seven years, although the timescale always feels odd as the pandemic began a few months...
The Bluestocking 425: Hysteria and the unicontext
Happy Friday!
For the new series of David Runciman’s History of Bad Ideas, I talked about hysteria, specifically the work of Jean-Martin Charcot, and then Freud, and then the feminist reclaiming of the word, as a way to interpret women “ac...
The Bluestocking 424: Ozempic desire, rural suburbia, Economic Gary
Happy Friday!
Well, this has been a terrible week to enjoy the music of Taylor Alison Swift, hasn’t it? Her wedding was basically a corporate away day, complete with (allegedly) a tombola in which guests could win a handbag or car. A TOMBO...
The Bluestocking 423: Escher's Arcadia
Happy Friday!
Last weekend, once the heat had receded a bit, we went to Somerset House for the MC Escher exhibition. Highly recommended! First off, it was held in an air-conditioned basement (yes) which allowed this great shot of the stair...
What I Read In June 2026
Halfway through the year already! And what have we done? Well, this month I’ve read a fair bit of non-fiction, it turns out.
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Careless People, Sarah Wynn-Williams
Wowza. This is a hell of a book. W...
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