The Softening
Iona DavidStories about the everyday. Trying to find beauty in this disgusting world without accidentally sounding like a centrist
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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How to Win An Information War
WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER WE WATCHED MOVIES WHERE THE GOOD GUYS FOUGHT THE BAD GUYS, AND THE GOOD GUYS WON. WHY, WHEN WE LOOK AROUND US TODAY, DOES THE OPPOSITE SEEM TO BE HAPPENING?
I am not trying to neutralise people, or numb them or dismiss...
A Story about Stories
‘Stories’ is one of those elderly words that, on the surface, seems less and less relevant to me as the days and months go by. When I think of stories, I think of cave-people sitting round a fire recounting tales to each other (nothing bett...
A Story About A Squash
Here are things as I see them: my name is Iona; I have a room all to myself in Hackney, London; I worked in retail for a few years, and now I work in an office.
I spend most of the time thinking about how to stay alive: working, cooking, c...
A Story About Infinite Jest
Yesterday, I spent some time surfing Wikipedia. In doing so, I found out that Infinite Jest - a book so frequently cited by dickheads that I’ve spent my life refusing to know anything about it - is centred around a film “so compelling that...
VALIDATION IS THE OPPOSITE OF REJECTION
NEITHER OF THEM MEAN SHIT, THEY ARE JUST FEELINGS THAT PASS THROUGH US LIKE ANY OTHER. IF U HAV A SECURE SENSE OF SELF U WILL PAY NO ATTENTION TO EITHER, AND WORK OUTWARDS FROM A STATE OF WHOLENESS. THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT THO.* IT REQUIRES...
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