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Darby Vincent explains "Why I said goodbye to social media and hello to real life."

Like many of my fellow Gen Zers, I love social media. I love my nightly TikTok scrolls, posting my Instagram photo dumps at the end of the month, and perfecting Pinterest boards filled with dream life visions. I can’t get enough of the Brat Summer videos or the Four Seasons Orlando Baby (iykyk*).

Despite this 10/10 entertainment, I recently decided to delete my social media apps. Gasp, I know – I’m sure you’re as shocked as my family and friends were – but joking aside, for me this was a pretty big change.

This article is from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity section on Connecting with Culture, Understanding Culture.

In this item Rachel Smith suggests what we read, and why, might be more revealing than you think.

"As I purchase yet another book to stack atop the wobbling ‘to be read’ tower beside my bed, I ask myself: what do the books we buy say about us?
 
"The Sunday Times Bestseller List, which tracks the popularity of titles released in the UK, turned 50 this month. To celebrate, they released a list of the 100 bestselling titles from the last half a century.* It’s a fascinating insight into what we read, or at least what we buy."

This article is from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity section on Connecting with Culture, Understanding Culture.