Alaina Gougoulis
@radiomoderation.bsky.social
Book editor. City views.
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Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin.
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating | Ben Walter
MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin.
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
Finally logging in after months for some shameless self-promotion: something about numbers and value, stories and endings, and a lament about an industry not fit for purpose www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/the-...
The Angel in the House
An experienced senior editor explores the dire state of the publishing industry.
www.killyourdarlings.com.au
August 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Finally logging in after months for some shameless self-promotion: something about numbers and value, stories and endings, and a lament about an industry not fit for purpose www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/the-...
unsubscribing from 21.7% of marketing emails today, as a treat
March 8, 2024 at 2:03 AM
unsubscribing from 21.7% of marketing emails today, as a treat
I read that AR-15 piece and I can’t say that was a good decision so maybe read this instead open.substack.com/pub/indignit...
Some days in the life of the AR-15
Indignity Vol. 3, No. 183
open.substack.com
November 21, 2023 at 3:44 AM
I read that AR-15 piece and I can’t say that was a good decision so maybe read this instead open.substack.com/pub/indignit...
I love Weike Wang aaww.org/laughing-at-...
November 8, 2023 at 12:38 AM
I love Weike Wang aaww.org/laughing-at-...
'As Keats taught us about negative capability, as Kierkegaard taught us about paradox, so Britney has been saying, for literally decades, that she dwells in doubt, being neither one thing nor the other — not a girl, not yet a woman...' t.co/iOwREsovCX
Ghost Child
In The Woman in Me, Britney Spears asserts the very fact of her existence.
t.co
October 24, 2023 at 11:20 PM
'As Keats taught us about negative capability, as Kierkegaard taught us about paradox, so Britney has been saying, for literally decades, that she dwells in doubt, being neither one thing nor the other — not a girl, not yet a woman...' t.co/iOwREsovCX
‘You learned to see life for what it really is. It is so brief. It is uncontrollable. It can’t be saved if it is going to be lost. Sunlight has to be seen as a gift, like food.’
I don’t want my children gone, but I am so sick of being a good parent
After decades raising her children, Tegan Bennett Daylight needs a rest. As her youngest finishes school, she reflects that the children are beautiful - but they are also dickheads
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2023 at 9:54 PM
‘You learned to see life for what it really is. It is so brief. It is uncontrollable. It can’t be saved if it is going to be lost. Sunlight has to be seen as a gift, like food.’
unreasonable for things to be both my job and my prob
August 8, 2023 at 1:19 AM
unreasonable for things to be both my job and my prob
triangle girl dinner
July 30, 2023 at 8:07 AM
triangle girl dinner
i would follow fran drescher into battle
July 14, 2023 at 3:43 AM
i would follow fran drescher into battle
coming up to 20 years of saying ‘the university of YOU SUCK’ in incompatible contexts https://catandgirl.com/cat-rights-his-reads/
July 13, 2023 at 12:13 PM
coming up to 20 years of saying ‘the university of YOU SUCK’ in incompatible contexts https://catandgirl.com/cat-rights-his-reads/