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Extreme Sportswashing and a Prince | Note 49

As the climbing community rallies to petition its governing body to examine its ethics, here’s everything that’s wrong with the Neom...

Nov 27

TRADWIVES: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Note 48

Before the time of Gen Zs and online aesthetics, there was once a different time. It was not long after women had to take on men’s work...

Nov 20

Insta-famous | Note 47

Last week, I got my act together and posted a few times on Instagram. It is a platform with which I have a very complex relationship. A...

Nov 13

The Curse of the Middle Aged Woman | Note 46

In Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, Johnny Depp is undeniably at peak hotness – before any face swelling and before the marital abuse scandal....

Oct 31

A Solo Road Trip to the North | Note 45

According to some scientists, during the Palaeolithic period the gene variation responsible for ADHD was associated with certain...

Oct 23

Our "All Pronouns" Video is Finally Released | Note 44

“[...] When I first started climbing I assumed I was on a path and that eventually I would get ‘there’. I loved that feeling. Now I am...

Oct 15

A Catalogue of Thoughts in No Particular Order | Note 43

Day 600 of the Russian invasion on Ukraine. Exactly one year after the death of Mahsa Amini in Teheran, tortured to death by the same...

Oct 9

Are We Doomed? It's Not Just Eco-Anxiety

It’s not just eco-anxiety. It’s existential dread, and it’s by no means purely philosophical. As more and more of my friends are...

Oct 1

Tidy Writing, Tidy Mind | Note 41

“Every kind of discipline has two sides: the material and the formal side, that is, it should both teach and educate, as it is not a goal...

Sep 25

The Cult of Youth | Note 40

Like many a loving parent, my mum often liked to tell me – in fact, she still does – how beautiful she thinks I am, how radiant my skin,...

Sep 17

The Fallout | Note 39

I always underestimate the Women’s Bouldering Festival’s fallout. Our annual event is organised through a non-profit organisation which I...

Sep 4

I’m Trying to Write About Privilege | Note 38

A few weeks ago, intensely bored from driving across Europe (as I always do with A. during the summer), I amused myself in the passenger...

Aug 30

Small Book, Big Ideas | Note 37

The books I enjoy the most are usually written by people with whom I feel some sort of affinity. Even if it is only my own biassed...

Aug 21

Being a Writer | Note 36

Ideas come to me daily — or, should I say, mostly nightly. I used to let these ideas come and go, but not too long ago I made a...

Aug 14

Lucky Seventy | Note 35

Greetings from the Polish Tatra! The mountains might be my favourite place in the world, and there are many wonderful things about them,...

Aug 6

The Other Side of the Wall | Note 34

“Why did they go there… Why did they go?” My grandma is sitting in her 1960s armchair with worn upholstery. The living room of her summer...

Aug 1

The International Gathering | Note 33

Judging by the number on this Field Note, we’re thirty-three weeks into 2023, and more than half of the year has gone by. I’m quite proud...

Jul 24

Everything You Know About Sports Is a Lie | Note 32

Ongoing sporting controversies – such as the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Olympics, or the broader question of...

Jul 17

Forty Miles South from Paris | Note 31

The spiral staircase between our ground-floor kitchen and first-floor landing is well over a hundred years old. We were told that,...

Jul 10

Neuroplasticity & YouTube | Note 30

It might seem that optimism or pessimism are our innate tendencies but scientists believe that they are only about 25 percent dependent...

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