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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, bc same. This week, we’re diving into vulnerability hangovers – why we’re all out here narrating our inner worlds to the internet, and what Future Us (20 years older, hopefully wiser) will think of the digital breadcrumbs we’ve left behind. Join Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we track our culture of self-disclosure from the personal‑essay boom, Substack confessionals, TikTok trauma‑dumping, all the way to Lena Dunham’s Famesick – the decade‑long case…
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Coping Inc. · Society & Culture · English
The podcast about why life feels like this. Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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