Thursday Murmurings
Parker Posey, stalking and breaking false narratives
Happy Thursday, ya beauties!
Kicking it off this week with Parker Posey because she’s one of the best things about this season of The White Lotus, for sure. Effortlessly funny, delightfully unhinged, Lorazepam-fuelled - watching how she’s building this character week-on-week is giving us all something to look forward to. She represents a certain type of privileged white woman who has seemingly self-medicated her way to complete disassociation, the lights are on, but no one’s really home. There’s something sad yet infuriating and unsettling about her. And I don’t know that anyone other than Parker Posey could do her justice.
Things that caught my eye this week
This piece in Rolling Stone about the harassment, stalking and death threats that female streamers on Twitch have to endure is…whew…A LOT. Being a woman online is not easy. Sadly, the more visible you are, oftentimes the more it can lead to insane psychos thinking they have unlimited access to you. I can’t help thinking serious in roads could be made on this troubling behaviour if men would just GET THERAPY!
Food for thought
It’s shocking how much time we can spend investing in the false narratives we create about ourselves, how we build up boundaries and limits and resistance based on theories of ourselves we’ve never even bothered to pressure test. When did you become too scared to try? Stories get rewritten all the time. Maybe today’s the day you start to rewrite yours.
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Your weekly Biggie Smalls (p)update
This week, Biggie wants to remind you that getting outside, taking a walk and feeling the sun on your face, while you listen to your favourite tunes on your headphones is a great way to put a spring in your step and boost your mood.
Until next week; smile at strangers, spread good vibes, be nice to people.
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