I can call someone “babes” and tell them their take is bare problematic in the same sentence. It’s an Essex thing. People never know whether to hug me or block me.
Author: emmawebb
Romantasy Books Are Saving Us From Real-World Dating Disasters
Escaping into worlds where the men actually listen feels necessary when 2026 dating is this bleak. Female-gaze stories give the fantasy the real world keeps refusing.
Girlhood Habits I Still Use From Other Women Years Later
Lotion after every shower, black socks only, never white. Tiny things passed in toilets and group chats that quietly make daily life less of a battle.
Why I Stopped Moving Out Of The Way On Packed Trains
A colleague pointed out men never make space so I stopped doing it either. Now every journey from Hackney feels like a tiny protest with my feet up and vape in hand.
Girlboss Is Dead and We’re All Quietly Relieved About It
Climbing the ladder while doing the school run and the emotional labour burned us out. Gen Z clocked it first. Now millennials are admitting the whole thing was a con.