Media we mentioned while talking:
- the inspiration for Femcel to officially start a Substack.Personally, this was one of my favorite posts by Gail:
“WHY ARE THERE NO FUCKING JOBS?” - post that went Substack viral
“The Bold Type” TV show available on Hulu
Meghann Fahy is the actress we were trying to think of that plays Sutton. NYMag did a really good profile on her after being on both “White Lotus” and “The Perfect Couple”.
Mikey Madison’s speech when she won Best Actress for “Anora”
“I grew up in Los Angeles but Hollywood always felt so far away from me.”
“The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” by Julia Cameron book
“Girls” trailer — which actually has the line from the gyno “You couldn’t pay me to be 24 again” in it. My favorite line though is, “I could change the world one extremely dumb girl at a time and when I look at you, I see a pupil.”
I started following Femcel on Tik Tok and I think I’m ready to fly out to LA just to see one of her standup performances in person.
Chappell Roan interview on “Call Her Daddy” with Alex Cooper
“The Job Market is Frozen” by Rogé Karma for The Atlantic
“Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs” by Lindsay Ellis for Wall Street Journal
James O’Brien, a computer science professor at UC Berkeley, commenting on the WSJ article “Tech Jobs Have Dried Up—and Aren’t Coming Back Soon” about how even his 4.0 students cannot find a job.
BlueCollarWomen Subreddit
“Why are young people having so little sex?” by Kate Julian for The Atlantic
Femcel’s Substack Curation:
- “Sex Advice for Seniors” - “Notes App Philosopher” - “New Motives” - “Miranda July” - “Emily Spinach” - “Eddie Huang is a BA$ED FOB” - “Black Tea at Midnight”
“Experience is what makes you a good writer” -Femcel
I swear by this up and down. I’ve written about it in so many pieces. When I am not living I get Writer’s Block. A good story is a good story.
My take on writing about sex:
My experiences with the job market:
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