You know that feeling when another woman pumps you up? 😍 There's a word for that now: meet
Feminamity. If you're not buying the theory that there are a finite number of emotions (and that we've already named them all), you might enjoy this exploration of
78 new feelings, from lenniness (the overwhelming desire to pick up a cute and tiny thing and hug it) to premoji (the act of looking for an emoji that doesn't yet exist!) and more.
This is your brain on sped-up podcasts. 🧠😱 Cruising through life at 1.5x speed to get through the latest episode of
The Daily or a new favorite audiobook? Turns out
speeding up audiobooks and podcasts could be contributing to feelings of anxiousness and trouble retaining information (okay, maybe that really isn't all that surprising). The good news: "If you’re dedicated to listening in the fast lane, all is not lost. Research suggests you may be able to train yourself to process speech at faster speeds by dedicating more brain space to the endeavor." Sounds like you'll have to make this call for yourself.
Where were you when you learned that not everyone has an internal monologue?! 😳 Okay first question: When you sit down to think, do you hear your own voice in your head, do you visualize words, or is the experience completely different from either of the above? Turns out people tend to fall into the "internal monologue" or "no internal monologue" camp and maybe we haven't been talking about this enough?!
This is a masterclass in boundary setting. Janelle Monáe is teaching it.✨ Over the past decade, Janelle Monáe's art has transcended labels, genres, and mediums. She's still somehow been able to set boundaries for what she will and won't share with the world through her art. This
interview with Roxane Gay (a must-read!) puts it best: "There is an interesting tension in her work: She creates music that allows people to feel seen while maintaining firm boundaries around how much of her truest self we will ever really see." We're taking notes.
Trying to eat less meat? 🥕 Trader Joe's can help with that (is there anything they can't do?!). The popular food shop stocks a variety of meat-adjacent items, and thankfully the kind folks at Healthyish taste-tested and ranked them. Here's a complete
ranking of all the Trader Joe's meat substitutes (and yes, we have our eye out specifically for the soy chorizo and meatless meatballs.) Here's to hoping. 🤞
Bonus read: You too can take yourself
on the best date of your life.
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