My essay for The New York Times
Out in print today
Catherine Shannon
A woman with ideas
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The bestseller
Something too sweet with mezcal
Someone is always knocking
First, a personal update: I have finally finished a draft of the novel I’ve been working on for the past three years.
No distance
On getting right into your life
Sometimes
It feels like heaven to me
So you need a day job
This is how you win
Purgatory
Stuck in the middle with myself
The Elegance of Refusal
On beauty, quality, and restraint
Gaslighting yourself
(Paid audio post) October tricks 🕯️
Pop Enters Its Wife Era
Lana, Charli, Dua, Taylor
On vigilance
Brief notes on psychic self-defense
The Madness of Wellness
A return to sanity and my "wellness rules" for summer
Humble
MISERABILIS IN ANGLIA
It's okay to be seen trying
(Paid audio post) How to start when it feels cringe
A Perfect Weekend in Manhattan
No hype, no duds, no skips
Buying stuff is never enough
(Paid audio post) So why buy nice things at all?
The Engagement Party
A short story
Do you remember how life used to feel?
Flip phone February: how I downgraded my phone and upgraded my life
I think copywriting is trying to kill me
Surveying the state of commercial language
It is you against yourself
A very small reflection on arguably the biggest NYC girl essay of all time