Where intimacy is labour and feelings are billable. Therapists, streamers, friends-for-hire, trauma influencers - the new side hustles of the soul.
created by Madelise
last updated August, 2026
Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood
A Touch of Jen
Beth Morgan
Annie Bot
Sierra Greer
The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir
Sherry Turkle
The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World
Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips
The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto
Jonathan Taplin
Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed
Will Storr
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jia Tolentino
Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
Sarah Jaffe
Happy Hour
Marlowe Granados
The Work Wife
Alison B. Hart
Acts of Service
Lillian Fishman
Fake Accounts
Lauren Oyler
We Had to Remove This Post
Hanna Bervoets
Companion Piece
Ali Smith
Followers
Megan Angelo
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
Sourdough
Robin Sloan
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan
Severance
Ling Ma
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