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Elle Hunt

The Guardian

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The hill I will die on: not everything is a ‘girl’ thing – stop gendering and infantilising it all

The hill I will die on: not everything is a ‘girl’ thing – stop gendering and infantilising it all

This morning, after waking up with my girl cats, I made myself a cup of girl coffee then got stuck into some girl work. I took a break to lift some...

03.10.2026 20

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Elle Hunt

We’re in a crisis of loneliness – but is buying friends on an app likely to help solve it?

What price would you put on friendship? In these hyper-capitalistic times, where nothing is beyond being given a monetary value, perhaps even...

24.09.2026 90

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Elle Hunt

Why we’re all obsessed with Jimothy the raccoon, the internet’s animal of the moment

Anyone who enjoys memes (who doesn’t?) has surely by now accumulated a mental menagerie of internet-famous animals. Mine include: Grumpy Cat, the...

02.08.2026 30

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Elle Hunt

Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley … who will be the next victim of the internet’s confected outrage?

Do you have an opinion on the state of contemporary ballet or keeping cats as pets? There are no right or wrong answers here, only differences of...

26.04.2026 50

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Elle Hunt

Surely if you rule the manosphere, you can be your own boss? These influencers aren’t even that

Who wouldn’t want to be an influencer? You’re famous and maybe even rich, just for doing what you’d be doing anyway: working out at the gym,...

11.03.2026 50

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Elle Hunt

Why is monogamy in crisis? The animal kingdom could give us some clues

05.02.2026 40

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Elle Hunt

I’m not sure a bakery needs a branded condom – can any business resist selling merch now?

03.01.2026 70

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Elle Hunt

Coldplay preaching love over Charlie Kirk’s death is all well and good. But would it hurt artists to take a stand?

20.09.2025 50

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Elle Hunt

Cinemagoers tutted – but in Materialists, I finally saw a true reflection of today’s dating market

17.08.2025 50

The Guardian

Elle Hunt