How do you celeb gossip now, Persuasion meets girlboss, marketing to Gen Z

And, are we in the age of anti-ambition?

Jul 20, 2022

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READ: Jane Austen’s Persuasion meets the girlboss era, by Helen Lewis for The Atlantic (short to mid-length read)

A scene from the film "Persuasion," depicting Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliott, sitting by a large window

If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen that I was REALLY excited for this to come out… then I actually watched it and honestly was like, wtf. Look, I’m not even an avid Austenite but this was weird. The ‘modernisation’ was so uneven.…

How do you celeb gossip now, Persuasion meets girlboss, marketing to Gen Z

And, are we in the age of anti-ambition?

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