managed to chat with rachel cusk before the event, who is so cool and totally chill, and who told me that she believes “life of m” is the best book she’s written

this is, of course, from a massive profile in the Irish Times, the only outlet still happily promoting the author whose reputation is so tainted that his mere inclusion on the Polari Prize longlist literally tanked the entire award

I just felt bad reading that. Everyone in that story is obviously going through psychosis and has coped by surrounded themselves with other people who are equally as far gone. They just recite rote-learned internet political rhetoric because their screens are all they have.