Coping

Coping With Surveillance

We’re being watched: by surveillance cameras, safety tools, strangers in public, our own devices, and now by wearable tech that turns every interaction into potential con

Coping with Revenge

We root for revenge plots in our tv shows (beware: House of the Dragon spoilers ahead!), appeal to a sense of karmic justice, hunt for it in celebrity narratives, and eve

Coping With Memory

We’d like to think our memories are fixed but most of us are running on vibes, fragments, and deeply emotional edits n reedits. Our brains so easily forget the “important

Coping With Boredom

Boredom has gone from something we avoid to something we curate – a new metric in the self‑care economy to measure ourselves by. From 'rawdogging boredom' challenges to t

Coping With Doomsday

Doomsday prepping has gone mainstream. What was once a fringe fixation tucked away on conspiracy forums has morphed into a booming industry, with everyday people stockpil

Coping With Closure

We’re taught to crave closure – the tidy explanation, the perfectly heartfelt apology, the moment where we SEE Idris Elba push the button (or not… idk go watch ‘A House o

Coping With Crashing Out

After decades of being sold the idea, especially as women, that the regulated self is the healthy self, we’re collectively hitting breaking point.  This week, Alice Grif

Coping With Sleep

We now know soooo much about sleep – how much we should be getting, how much we actually aren’t, the “multivolume fright compendium” of risks attached to not enough sleep

Coping With Risk

Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, of Skywalkers Netflix documentary fame, climbed the Empire State Building without ropes, got engaged at the summit as the world watched o

Coping With Decision Fatigue

From the daily choices that drain us (what to eat, what to wear, which tab to close), to the big existential questions we procrastinate on out of sheer overwhelm (Alice G

Coping With Failure

In a culture obsessed with comeback arcs and self‑improvement, we’ve turned failure into something it was never meant to be: productive, meaningful, and always redeemable

Coping With Intuition

In her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Olivia Rodrigo sings, “It’s feminine intuition, ’cause I always had a vision of us standing like this”, and Ja

Coping With Our Phones

We all know the endless research on the negative effects of our phones. And yet, we keep picking them up. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dig into the so-ca

Coping With Frugality

We’re in a cost‑of‑living crisis (but you knew that already). While being frugal isn’t a choice for most of us, it’s seen influencers take a hard pivot to de-influencing,

Coping With Pleasure

Xochitl González might just smoke again. Writing in The Cut, Xochitl captures the absurdity of organising our lives around a “future self” who, these days, may never mate

Coping With Friendship Anxiety

We’ve never analysed our friendships more – doorbell friends, friendship audits, rankings, and the architecture of “meaningful connections”. But in a world defined by ove

Coping With Longevity

What does it actually mean to “live longer” in a culture that can’t tolerate aging? This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dive into the strange and seductive worl

Coping With Ambition

Ambition used to mean climbing that corporate ladder. Then it meant girlbossing. Then it meant quitting your job to find yourself. Now? It’s… complicated. This week, we’

Coping With Looking "Natural"

What does it mean to cope with a beauty standard that pretends not to be a beauty standard at all? This week, we’re talking about looking “natural” – which, in 2026 appa

Coping With Vulnerability Hangovers

Have you ever hit post and instantly fantasised about faking your own death and starting a new life on a remote island with no wifi? No, same. This week, we’re diving in