Against the advice of her group, Lucy lands herself on Tinder, hoping for the best but, of course, reeling in the worst. She finds herself going on increasingly humiliating dates and being sexually denigrated in increasingly specific ways. Here she is on a date that was supposed to take place in a hotel room, not the hotel lobby bathroom: “I was fucking on a bathroom floor to ‘Tears in Heaven.’ Sorry, but no. What does it even mean to be alive? I started laughing.” The ladies of group therapy are a messy bunch (“She seemed very Fatal Attraction to me,” Lucy observes about one) but even though they seem destined to fall back into their same old addictive patterns, they’re earnestly committed to the idea of “radical acceptance.” Lucy both pities and is fascinated by these women and by their group leader’s “positivity in the face of the abyss.” The group commends self-dating to recover from sex addiction, a concept … [Read more...] about Self-Destruction Beats Self-Help In Two Of The Most Exciting Books Of The Year
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Wolf in sheep’s clothing: Daniel McBride’s long road to recovery
The finished clip is sinister. "I wanted to make something that reflected the fear of when you're having an anxiety attack," admits Augustine. But it's one that couldn't have been made without McBride accepting everything that's happened to him over the past four years. … [Read more...] about Wolf in sheep’s clothing: Daniel McBride’s long road to recovery
Lockdown is creating ‘unprecedented’ mental illness pandemic with surge in calls to helplines, experts warn
'We are already taking high volumes of calls, texts and emails from young people every day with thoughts of suicide or from those who fear for somebody in their family or place of work who may have. Call rates are now increasing.' … [Read more...] about Lockdown is creating ‘unprecedented’ mental illness pandemic with surge in calls to helplines, experts warn
Twitter and YouTube Banned Steve Bannon — But Apple Still Gives Him Millions of Listeners
Though Apple offers access to an enormous audience, it may only be a matter of time before Bannon and others are able to build up an alternative streaming universe that doesn’t depend on the grace of Silicon Valley tech giants. On Jan. 13, Bannon talked on his show with Andrew Torba, the founder of Gab.com, which has become a haven for conspiracy theorists. Torba boasted of having built up enough of his own data-center capacity to support all of the traffic from people leaving Twitter and Facebook, but service is still groaning under the weight of new traffic. In emails to Gab members, Torba has been soliciting donations to support the expansion. “No one is coming to save us,” he wrote on Jan. 8. “We must save ourselves.” … [Read more...] about Twitter and YouTube Banned Steve Bannon — But Apple Still Gives Him Millions of Listeners
NHS child gender clinic that faced court over use of puberty-blockers is rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC inspectors who raise concerns over incomplete consent forms for hormone treatment
Despite her doubts, she pressed on. She changed her name and sex on her driving licence and birth certificate, calling herself Quincy (after musician Quincy Jones) as she liked the sound of it. She also altered her name by deed poll, and got a government-authorised Gender Recognition Certificate making her officially male. … [Read more...] about NHS child gender clinic that faced court over use of puberty-blockers is rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC inspectors who raise concerns over incomplete consent forms for hormone treatment
