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in plain sight
Writing about the hidden forces shaping modern life, and what happens once you start noticing them.
By Adela Slo
· Launched 2 months ago
the war on pleasure (and therefore life
on optimisation culture, guilty pleasures, and the purpose of being alive
Jun 8 • Adela Slo
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why walking will save your life
on the magic that walking brings and all the ways it enriches our lives
May 27 • Adela Slo
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where do you go when you need somewhere to go?
on secrets gardens, places that aren’t spaces and spots that are just yours
Jun 22 • Adela Slo
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when women consume poison
on alcohol and the different prices men and women pay for it
Jun 15 • Adela Slo
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your memories are compulsive liars
how memory edits, repaints, and occasionally reinvents our past
Jun 2 • Adela Slo
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do it with good grace or don't do it at all
how the way you do anything becomes the way you do everything
May 17 • Adela Slo
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do 30-50% of people really not have an internal monologue?
on the voices inside our heads, the ones missing in others and everything in between
May 12 • Adela Slo
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why 27 is old and 30 is young again: on the strange nonlinearity of age
why we dread certain ages and feel liberated by others
May 7 • Adela Slo
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