Archive - New Motives

The Modern Girl is Crippled by Aspiration. I’m One of Them.

Why do we broadcast all the things we want to buy and be?

Jul 7 •

May 2025

Selling for $700MM and No One Knows Who You Are.

Andrea Lisbona just sold Touchland for 700MM with *no* personal brand. Do you have to be a lifestyle influencer to be a successful consumer CEO? Let's…

May 15 •

April 2025

7 Affordable Rituals for Resurrection.

These are the rituals that always bring me back to myself in the darkest of days - on the cheap. Gift these to yourself, or gift them to someone who…

Apr 11 •

Identity is a Prison.

What my dad’s sudden death last month, Tim Ratliff from White Lotus and the "Remi Bader Betrayal" taught me about identity’s invisible cage.

Apr 6 •

March 2025

How Many Consumer Brands Are Secretly Bankrolled By Mom and Dad?

“Certain business models should not be attempted,” she said, “unless or until you have the financial safety net.”

Mar 16 •

Girl on Girl Limerence

Why we become obsessed with other women, how it hurts our personal development, and what it’s like to be someone else’s secret fixation.

Mar 2 •

February 2025

The future of publishing belongs to writers - not gatekeepers.

On a broken industry, narrow-minded editors and the swell of creatives leaving their agencies, reps and limiting beliefs behind.

Feb 13 •

Is Your Phone Making You Jealous and Lazy?

On November 3, 2024, someone stole my phone. The last 3 months changed my entire life, and turned me - a covetous, cranky, creatively paralyzed bitch …

Feb 2 •

January 2025

Why Millennials are the "Pick Me" Generation.

Instead of making identity adjustments to be liked and picked by men, we constructed identities around productivity, striving and obedience.

Jan 26 •

Women hate women who go for what they want.

On r/NYCinfluencersnark, denying your own ambitions, and punishing successful women as a mode of survival.

Jan 6 •

December 2024

Every Founder is Giving the Performance of a Lifetime.

Will the curtains actually close on Matilda Djerf? And why is Gen Z so upset with the 'inauthenticity' of her online persona, when they're all…

Dec 16, 2024 •

The Candles You Should & Shouldn’t be Buying This Holiday Season

DISPATCH from a self-proclaimed candle expert: the candles that are and are NOT worth your hard-earned money, from Diptyque-level luxury to Amazon…

Dec 8, 2024 •

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