Everything Is Content15 Dec 2023

Notes App Apologies, May December & The Giant Meatball

This week on Everything is Content - Beth, Ruchira and Oenone dive into:

I THINK I LIKE THIS LITTLE LIFE

Is this the most annoying TikTok trend of 2024? Or are we villainising people who are just romanticisng their lives?

YELLOWFACE

A Goodreads scandal has reminded us of one of the biggest books of the year…

MAY DECEMBER

Todd Haynes’ new film about a controversial age-gap relationship.

Next week, we’ll be chatting about Monica Heisey’s new sitcom Smothered. Stream it now on Sky Comedy and Now TV so we can all chat about it next week, please!

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INDEPENDENT: Ikea confuses customers with debut of turkey-sized meatball

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/ikea-big-meatball-reactions-b2459596.html

ALASTAIR GREEN: I Think I Like This Little Life

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0zNJs2s9zy/?hl=en

THE GUARDIAN: Publisher drops author for using fake accounts to ‘review-bomb’ peers

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/13/cait-corrain-publisher-drops-author-fake-accounts-review-bomb#:~:text=A%20writer%20has%20been%20dropped,to%20apologise%20for%20her%20behaviour.

INEWS: Black and LGBTQ+ authors say they’re being harassed on Goodreads and trolled with one-star book reviews

https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/goodreads-book-reviews-black-lgbtq-authors-harrassed-trolled-949179

YELLOWFACE by Rebecca F. Kuang: https://www.waterstones.com/book/yellowface/r-f-kuang/9780008532772

THE GUARDIAN: Rebecca F Kuang - ‘Who has the right to tell a story? It’s the wrong question to ask’

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/rebecca-f-kuang-who-has-the-right-to-tell-a-story-its-the-wrong-question-to-ask

THE GUARDIAN: May December review - wildly enjoyable Todd Haynes melodrama

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/18/may-december-review-todd-haynes-natatlie-portman-julianne-moore

YOUTUBE: Full Interview with Mary Kay Letourneau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RezOEn0daNU

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