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Fractional lives, permanent anxiety
Being evicted wasn't on my 2025 bingo card especially as I work promoting London as the place to be, but there's a first time for everything.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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#15 The Culture Fix
Celebrity spotting in London, female writers, gothic dreams, Alpha males, backflips in a jumpsuit, Oscar predictions, and Bridget Jones. Huzzah!
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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In the mood for love
40 songs to light up your fire (or help you put it out)
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
The day I met Glen Powell
And other exciting things that happen in London even if I'm the only one to notice them.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Does Substack have a Musk and Zuckerberg problem?
Welcome to the 2025 iteration of Substack's views on free speech and the US government strategy to make users' data great again.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Sad all the time
On winter drugs, fair-weather friends and linguistic determinism.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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January 2025

December 2024

Not all men (but always men)
Dear good men, we're terribly sorry for hurting your feelings when we're scared to death you too may want to secretly rape us. Love, women.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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#14 Culture Fix
The year of brain rot, Gladiator 2: The Musical, Cruel Summer, About a Boy reunion, unlikeable female characters, the healing power of theatre and…
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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Smile like you mean it
To cope with the anxiety of unstructured socialising as an introvert, I've developed a charismatic 'on the job' alter ego. It has totally backfired.
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Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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November 2024

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