HeyJaredBeing Mediocre by Claire Kane
A mess of a newsletter about floundering through life, with smatterings of pop culture and overly honest mental health discussions, that will make you feel better about your own mediocrity.
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Men saving seats for the bad guys (opens the original)
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Years ago, I was the only woman at a table in a pub. There were eight of us, seven young men and one young woman. Someone made a rape joke, and the whole table sat there politely, falsely and awkwardly laughing, except me. I looked at the others and decided I was sick of being quiet when they say such stupid and harmful things about women. I told him it wasn’t okay. I told him it was never okay to make jokes like that, whether there were twenty women at the table or none at all. Six people, six
Two things can be true: Botox, feminism and that lovely muscle-freezing feeling (opens the original)
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Jameela Jamil caused a bit of a stir this week by posting about being sick of seeing Botoxed faces. The reaction to her post has been mixed. I’ve seen people applauding her stance on it, and I’ve seen outright rage about it. I’ve seen people taking it as a personal affront and implying that saying women getting Botox and the patriarchy are linked is bullshit. Let’s get our critical thinking hats on here, gals, just because YOU like getting Botox doesn’t mean that it isn’t linked to the patriarch
Who Is Dublin For Anymore? (opens the original)
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It’s the hot topic in Ireland’s capital. I've led the conversation on nights out myself; "Did you hear about Yamamori?" I say, and watch the table's face fall, because everyone already knows, because of course they do, because this is Dublin in 2026 and the plot of every conversation is the same plot: something with life had closed, and hotel is the reason why. They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot. For anyone not in the know: Yamamori Izakaya, the restaurant-slash-nightclub on on Dublin'
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