Life & Love · The Lori Diaries
Finding love these days can feel a little like looking for a needle in a haystack. Except the haystack is full of dating profiles, unread messages, and people who are “not looking for anything serious” but would still quite like to see where things go. I don't think love has disappeared. I just sometimes wonder when getting to know someone became a process that requires quite so much strategy.
Screen & Sound · The Lori Diaries
I was exhausted, stretched out on the sofa, and scrolling through my phone in search of something good to watch when Instagram put The Idea of You in front of me. Anne Hathaway, a handsome pop star, a romance that looked a little too good to be true. It seemed like exactly the sort of film I needed that evening. I pressed play expecting a lovely escape. Instead, somewhere between the flirting and the heartbreak, one line made me sit up and think: “People hate happy women.” It's a harsh thing to say. It's also the line that stayed with me long after the film ended.