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Beth
@bethmccoll.bsky.social
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1/3 of Everything Is Content pod. Author of Romanticise Your Life (2024) & How To Come Alive Again (2019). 🖊️ for hire.
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Comedian Nathan Fielder sits in an office chair in a dark suit and red tie. He asks “what that means?”
December 13, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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In this week’s main chunky friday episode: fast fashion on the red carpet (relatable or ridiculous?) the PHD pile-on (stupid men hate smart woman & water goes on being wet) & Julia Fox’s guide to being a freak (is freaky the new eccentric?) Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Screenshot of my podcast tile- myself and my two millennial cohosts lie on the floor and stare at the camera. The title of the episode is Fashion Awards, PHD Gate and Julia Fox’s guide to being a freak. “Some Twitter news now, and I apologize in advance. The worst people on Elon Musk's Godforsaken app have chosen their latest victim. A Cambridge based teacher and recent Cambridge PHD grad, Dr. Ally Louk has gone viral after posting a photo to celebrate passing her PHD VIVA, which is an oral exam in front of a panel of academic experts.” From Everything Is Content: Fashion Awards, PHD Gate and Julia Fox's Guide to Being a Freak, 6 Dec 2024.
December 6, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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my brother took his dog home. don’t text x
A photo of me, 31 year old white woman with medium length blonde-brown hair wearing black leggings and a striped white and red sweater, holding a miniature schnauzer on my lap while we sit on a bright orange sofa. He has his head cocked & gazing up and I am looking at him. A photo of me, 31 year old white woman with medium length blonde-brown hair wearing black leggings and a striped white and red sweater, holding a gorgeous miniature schnauzer on my lap while we sit on a bright orange sofa. He is looking down at the floor & I am smiling at the camera.
December 5, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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anyway I ran around on the beach today with a dog. you can’t argue with that
A Welsh beach in the winter- wet sand, green hills and a cottage in the distance, blue sky peeking through clouds. Grey-green craggy rocks surrounded by water. In the background the choppy sea and headland.
December 1, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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2025 better be good i sweater GOD
A scene from excellent sketch show I Think You Should Leave: a man lays his head in his arms on a conference table as he says “I’m just, like, the tiredest I’ve ever been in my life”. He also is concealing a hot dog in his sleeve that he is eating secretly but that’s not relevant for my purposes.
December 1, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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New episode of EIC is up! This week: we review Wicked (two musical newbies & one Proper Theatre Kid™️- what could go wrong) before discussing the bizarre press tour & the commentary on the film’s stars. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Screenshot of my podcast Everything Is Content. Three millennial woman smile in the cover image. The title is Holding Space for a Wickedly Weird Press Tour. It’s one hour and two minutes and came out today- 29th November. Screenshot of our transcript. Speaker one: Oh my God I think Elphaba might be a bit Speaker two: I think Elphaba is bi. Yeah.
November 29, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Brand new midweek episode of the podcast where we discuss if the criticism of Sabrina Carpenter as a “sexy baby” who scares teenagers is fair or childish. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Cover tile for my podcast Everything Is Content’s bonus ep, Everything In Conversation. Three millennial women smile from the tile. The title of this episode is “Is Sabrina Carpenters Brand of Sexy Dangerous?” It’s 36 minutes long Tweet by pop fan account: You guys are disgusting and weird for defending a literal weirdo. I’m 17 and AFRAID of Sabrina Carpwnter when she’s performing. You guys need help
November 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
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cat or cat shaped black hole? you decide.
My legs in grey tracksuit trousers extended on a grey sofa, a black cat asleep along my legs, looking like a void where a cat should be.
November 25, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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look who came to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mr-bingo.bsky.social
31 year old me, crouching on a mossy rock surrounded by fir trees. It’s a grey and wet day. I’m wearing a light blue hiking jacket, black trousers and boots, plus a pair of pink tinted sunglasses. My hair is tied back, my face turned to one side, my left hand smoothing my hair. Black and white photo of two people in the pub. On the left, Mr Bingo sips from a full pint glass. On the right I hold a tall glass of gin and tonic. We are both in big comfy jumpers. Between us a fire.
November 25, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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from today’s paid substack post called 90%. bethmccoll.substack.com/p/90?utm_cam...
I expect I will feel younger next June than I do right now. The ending of this year is playing tricks. 90% done and what have I done with it? 90% of all those days and did I really just move in with my parents, feel frighteningly depressed and end my relationship? 90% done and should it be this hard to list the achievements? This is depression talking directly through my fingertips and I am doing my best to talk back. What’s the meme of the man in the hospital bed? I survived bitch, or something like that? Well, same.
November 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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posting reviews feels like the final boss of self promotion but we work so hard & have been making this largely on our own. it’s a tough industry & we’re up against a lot of famous & rich faces. so if any of this sounds like a show you or someone you know would like- try us out or tell a pal
A 5 star review that reads “I’ve listened to every episode of this podcast and enjoyed every second. I originally started listened because I missed The High Low, but now I just love this podcast in its own right and I look forward to each new episode. The topic choices are always on point and the hosts are witty, wise, honest, relatable and funny. Keep up the amazing work girls! A five star review reading 10/10 best podcast out there. Listening to smart women discuss pop culture in the most relevant, insightful way. A five star review reading: I love the dynamic between you all, the intelligent culture and analysis and the topics you cover. I look forward to it every week. A five star review reading: Listen without fail every week and is definitely filling the high low shaped hole in my life. Keep up the amazing work gals. This is followed my three clapping emojis.
November 22, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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sorry i talked about you all on our today’s bonus episode about bloosky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Speaker 1: We have quite a few followers. We have got… it’s quite glitchy, so it’s taking quite a while to load. Speaker 2: This is not a good advert for Bluesky. Speaker 1: We’ve got 22 followers Ruchira. Can you believe it?
November 20, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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what’s everyone having for dinner later
John Stamos wearing a perfectly smooth bald cap. His expression is serene and confident. His head is egg like.
November 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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the cat- who mostly pretends i don’t exist- came and SLEPT on my leg last night while i was reading which meant i had to go to sleep with my head at a violent angle because there was no way i was risking disturbing her. i’m in agony today. 10/10 couldn’t be happier
a crude stick figure drawing i did of me in bed, head twisted and practically falling off the bed while a black cat lies on my legs. i am smiling!!
November 19, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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me convincing everyone to come over here to read the same 6 posts an hour that i’m reading
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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the CAT has TUCKED herself IN
A grey sofa. A thick green blanket. A hand pointing at a cat sized bulge under the blanket.
November 18, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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A screenshot from X (sorry). Billy Crystal quotes a tweet from a woman called Colleen who says “Billy Crystal you were a gift. my fav when harry met sally. keep them laughing in the heavens.” he simply posts a question mark
November 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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need
A still from Broad City. Ilana, a curly hair twentysomething kneels on the floor of a foil covered room while Abbi, her slightly older friend, beams a SAD lamp at her. Ilana says “it’s working! Dude, it’s working!”
November 18, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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thought i might go to Edinburgh in the new year for a couple of days. but actually now you mention it , no
A screenshot of prices from Trainline.com showing the cheapest tickets at £253 or £622 for first class
November 17, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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the first in the series icymi- how to date when you’re prone to fantasy www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
The headline of a Dazed article reading “How to date when… you’re prone to fantasy.” The first paragraph of the piece reading “Very few of the men I dated in my twenties actually existed. I’m not saying they weren’t real people – they were. They occupied human bodies, had skin and postcodes, took the bus and drank coffees from Pret. What wasn’t real, however, were the characteristics I would furnish these men with to suit my own romantic agenda. Whole imagined personalities, attributes and intentions in service of the storylines that I was constantly writing and rewriting in my head.”
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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I have a bimonthly dating column for Dazed. The latest: how to date someone when you hate their pet. www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
An excerpt from the column mentioned reading: “A few years ago, my best friend and her boyfriend went on a break. It was upsetting for all involved – but perhaps me the most. Yes, they were both heartbroken, adrift in sadness and longing for each other – but I lost access to his Disney+ account which totally fucked up my Desperate Housewives rewatch. Anyway, in the time they were apart, she planned to get a cat, even though he is allergic to cats. Long story short: she got the cat, they got back together, he remained allergic.”
November 17, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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i blocked them for this and i meant it
A post on Bluesky reading “there are no hot people here so it doesn’t matter” - the author has been left anon.
November 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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locked in
The complete Ally McBeal DVD box set with the lid shut. The full Ally McBeal box set- the lid off and the DVD covers revealed.
November 17, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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going on the “popular with friends” tab and it’s all my own posts
Kiera Knightly in the infamous Love Actually scene where she realises bee wedding videographer spent the whole day zooming in on her.
November 17, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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just remembering when i was last in london and a man was staring at me on the tube. just undisguised gawping. so i was staring back because that usually works but not with this guy. so we were just on the train like this for several stops. as always i’m kevin
Handsome tall actor Jacob Elordi leans forward with hands on hips, a wry smile on his lips. British TV presenter and designer Kevin McCloud squints into the camera wearing an orange hard hat and what appears to be several jackets.
November 17, 2024 at 1:20 PM