Archive - Peak Notions with Laura Kennedy

37 Lessons For Being Alive in This Absolute Mayhem

'beware the dopamine economy' and 'aging is not your body betraying you', among others

Mar 1 •

Women Are Supposed to Want to Be Mothers

But sometimes they don't, and that's Taylor Swift's fault

Jul 3, 2024 •

Gasping at Straws

We hit thirty and begin to turn into our parents. Sort Of.

Oct 12, 2024 •

I Quit My Job and F*cked Off to Australia in My Thirties

An update on a whole new life one year later

Sep 4, 2024 •

No, I'm Not Writing About Gaza

Audience Mirroring, Online Consumption and Social Media Activism

Feb 7, 2024 •

The Power of Shutting Up

... even briefly

Jul 16, 2024 •

What Meghan (and Her Show's Radioactive Blandness) Reveals to Us About Ourselves

... and why we can't forgive her for it

Mar 7 •

On Criticism, Conformity, and Why Following Someone Isn't An Endorsement

Inbox gremlins are trying to dictate my principles again...

Nov 28, 2024 •

There Are People Who Will Never Like You

And it's not a big deal

Apr 29, 2024 •

Being Online Makes You Feel Bad But You're Still Here

On why everything online feels like advice, 'fauxthenticity' and our endless love of other people's horror stories

Feb 19, 2024 •

The Window Closes

Dispatches from inside a narrowing fertility gap

Mar 31, 2024 •

Autism, Identity, and the Vanishing of the Most Vulnerable

When diagnosis becomes identity, those who cannot speak for themselves are the first to disappear

Apr 29 •

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