It was still hot

On love, existentialism and Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak

Jul 7 • Meg Fawthrop

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June 2026

The Theory of Things Getting Involved in One Another’s Business

On Going Postal by Terry Pratchett and Integrated Information Theory

Jun 25 • Meg Fawthrop

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February 2026

January 2026

Buying an Identity

PopCo by Scarlett Thomas, and the cost of resistance

Jan 27 • Meg Fawthrop

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In Defence of Dream Harbor

How John Stewart Mill, Audre Lorde, and bell hooks can't justify reading cosy-core fiction, but I'm going to do it anyway

Jan 20 • Meg Fawthrop

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What is it like to be silent?

Singer, Nagel and the ethics of assuming qualia

Jan 13 • Meg Fawthrop

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Empathy Is Not Innocence

On love, empathy and forgiveness in Alchemised by SenLinYu and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Jan 6 • Meg Fawthrop

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December 2025

Can We Kill Problematic Authors... Philosophically Speaking?

What Happens When Problematic Writers Shape Who We Become

Dec 30, 2025 • Meg Fawthrop

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Why do ghosts scare us so much?

On Our Tragic Universe, Camus, and why the ghosts that haunt us most are the unfinished stories of our own lives.

Dec 23, 2025 • Meg Fawthrop

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Why Couldn’t Esther Greenwood Ever Choose a Life?

On The Bell Jar, Sartre, Beauvoir, and why choosing a life feels impossible when every option threatens your authenticity.

Dec 16, 2025 • Meg Fawthrop

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w/c 8th December

i am having an official (in my head) day off.

Dec 16, 2025 • Meg Fawthrop

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Scattered minds: How our cognition escapes our brain and extends into the world

On Elizabeth Is Missing, Andy Clark, and why a coherent self is harder to hold onto than we think.

Dec 9, 2025 • Meg Fawthrop

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