Emma Leaning
Opinion Columnist at Shanghai Daily
Opinion columnist for @ShanghaiDaily. I also write about #mentalhealth and stuff. #TheOysterPail 🥡
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6 days ago |
shine.cn | Emma Leaning
It’s rare I get writer’s block. I don’t believe in it. But I starved for ideas this week. You know why? Because I’m 40. Let me repeat that. I’m 40. It’s been a slap in the baps. My birthday was on April 24, and a fortnight later my every waking thought is “I’m 40.” I keep checking parts of my body for evidence of this inconceivable truth. I’ve done the math: 1985 deducted from 2025 is indeed 40. The World Wide Web didn’t exist when I was born. Phones had cords, and people carried cash.
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1 month ago |
archive.shine.cn | Emma Leaning
This week and without warning, a horrid video popped up on my phone. A puppy had its mouth and paws bound with tape, and was hanging in a plastic bag by the motorway. I immediately flicked past, but the image stayed with me. This was something I didn’t want to see, yet there it was at 11am on a Tuesday. At 39 years old, I have the knowingness to scroll, ignore or block things and people I don’t want to interact with. A 10-year-old doesn’t. That’s a problem.
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1 month ago |
shine.cn | Emma Leaning
This week and without warning, a horrid video popped up on my phone. A puppy had its mouth and paws bound with tape, and was hanging in a plastic bag by the motorway. I immediately flicked past, but the image stayed with me. This was something I didn’t want to see, yet there it was at 11am on a Tuesday. At 39 years old, I have the knowingness to scroll, ignore or block things and people I don’t want to interact with. A 10-year-old doesn’t. That’s a problem.
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1 month ago |
archive.shine.cn | Emma Leaning
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve heard of “Adolescence,” the No. 1 streaming show around the world. Like some other 90 million people, I binged it. It was bloody brilliant. The four-part drama about a teenage boy radicalized by Andrew Tate-style content is so compelling that the UK prime minister discussed it in Parliament. One of the brilliances of “Adolescence” is that you’re left with more questions than answers.
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1 month ago |
shine.cn | Emma Leaning
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve heard of “Adolescence,” the No. 1 streaming show around the world. Like some other 90 million people, I binged it. It was bloody brilliant. The four-part drama about a teenage boy radicalized by Andrew Tate-style content is so compelling that the UK prime minister discussed it in Parliament. One of the brilliances of “Adolescence” is that you’re left with more questions than answers.
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