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Book Review: I, Human by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

By Emily on March 2, 2023

I, Human initially caught my eye because of the Asimov reference in the title.

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Why I Deleted My Instagram Account Forever: Social Media, Peer Pressure and Living in the Moment

By Emily on August 4, 2022January 8, 2023

I finally took the plunge and deleted my Instagram account about a week ago. And now that I don’t have it anymore, I’ve started to become more and more nauseated by the culture surrounding Instagram, especially among Gen Z.

Posted in: culture, facebook, gen z, high school, instagram, internet, lifestyle, opinion essay, peer pressure, productivity, reflection, social media, society

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Book Review: The War On The West by Douglas Murray

By Emily on July 23, 2022January 8, 2023

Overall, The War on the West does a good job of exposing most of the disturbing trends I see in my generation and in America (and Europe) in general.

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The Problem With “Problematic” | The Book Community’s Perpetual Witch Hunt

By Emily on April 19, 2022March 13, 2023

Welcome back to another post in which I use my cancel-proof irrelevance to dive into another example of well-intentioned-things-gone-off-the-rails in the book community.