GIVE ME MORE by Jessie Barr

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January 2025

October 2023

Turn on, Tune in
Meditation apps, podcast recs and Sofia Coppola's playlist from "Priscilla"
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Slowing Things Down
Louise Glück and the healing power of poetry
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Looking + Listening
On Agnès Varda, taking care of our worry and writing to process pain
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You cannot buy the revolution
On literary freedom + censorship, Ursula K. Le Guin's radicality and Troye Sivan's smut.
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September 2023

A slut for Optimism (and Keats)
Strike endings, Fall beginnings plus Vivian Maier the street photog and "reluctant genius"
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Real Self Care
Faux self-care vs real self-care, Eudaimonic vs Hedonic well-being, and a cozy clay creator.
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Solicit the evening star
On Sandi Tan's "Shirkers", second viewings and a poem for misfits suffering from spiritual isolation.
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Delulu Girls
On "Heavenly Creatures," the too-muchness of girlhood and bumblebees ignoring the laws of aerodynamics.
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This is My Life. So Be it!
Octavia Butler's writing rituals, a personal Post-it note practice and James Blake's latest cosmic + terrestrial tunes.
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(UPDATED) They always come back
The Deer Hunter, an ode to failure, the sound of hope and a new playlist on repeat.
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