Nobody has a personality anymore. At least, that's what Em Vernem thinks, and she's not alone. In writer Freya India's Substack Girls, India critiques the diagnostic lense through which we see the world, and it's seriously blown our minds.

The Salt Path, a heartbreaking 2018 memoir adapted into a hugely successful movie and marketed as 'unflinchingly true', is making headlines this week. Because the truth seems to have been stretched. So what's with memoirs where 'recollections may vary'? And does it really matter?

Plus, Jessie has some heartbreaking news she wants to share.

And our recommendations, including the show that held Mia's attention for 10 hours, a stunning novel by a NYT bestseller, and an action movie Em thinks everyone should watch.

Recommendations

• Mia recommends Too Much and Drive to Survive on Netflix.
• Jessie recommends The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
• Em recommends Head of State on Amazon Prime Video.

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What to read:

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• The ending of Netflix's Too Much is dividing people. This is why it had to be that way.
• The true story that inspired Netflix's rom-com Too Much.
• A brutally honest review of Lena Dunham's new Netflix rom-com Too Much.

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