| A viral Timothée Chalamet superfan turned out to be 59. The backlash shows an ageist double standard in fan culture |
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Welcome to Lessons in Lifestyle... The mask has officially come off. The woman behind the viral fan account for the Hollywood actor Timothée Chalamet is not a 17-year-old girl tapping away on her iPhone, but a 59-year-old full-time healthcare industry worker from California. Simone Cromer, who founded the Twitter account Club Chalamet in 2018, has become a micro-celebrity in niche corners of the internet – oddly adored and often mocked for her dramatic and extensive rants about Chalamet's career and personal life. In her first profile interview with the Wall Street Journal last week, Cromer spoke about the backlash she has received, namely the claims that she has an unhealthy romantic interest in Chalamet or that she is too old to be a true part of the fandom. Why Cromer has become so divisive is down to several factors. Her age – that she is 30 years older than Chalamet – is at the root of this amusement and befuddlement. But then there's the posts. Read more here. In other news – Australia has officially pulled the plug on social media for under-16s, meaning that children will not be allowed to access apps including Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat are included, as well as Amazon-owned live streaming service Twitch. Lydia Spencer-Elliott speaks to teenagers about how they really feel about the ban – and whether it will actually have the desired benefit. Elsewhere this week, Helen Coffey looks the fascinating rise of the latest Gen Z working trend: microshifting – the act of splicing the working day up around your personal life as you see fit. Flexible working has become an increasingly common criteria when people are hunting for new jobs in the remote work era, but will it help people maintain good boundaries? Find the full piece here. In this week's newsletter, you can expect: |
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Young people are 'quiet quitting' the UK – but where are they going and is it really any better? |
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Do you think Secret Santa is a tired tradition that needs to go? |
Secret Santa, the festive tradition of anonymously gifting your co-workers cheap and stupid objects, is falling out of favour. According to a recent survey, a fifth of people admitted to throwing their gifts from colleagues straight into the bin. But the question is: do you think Secret Santa needs to go? Vote in our poll and share your views in the comments here. |
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What the shape of your buttock muscles might mean for your future health – and how to change it |
Scientists have found a link between the quality of your gluteus maximus muscles and your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Harry Bullmore discovers that the consequences actually go a lot deeper |
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| The best easy pasta recipes to cook this December, from silky crab linguine to a rich vegetable ragu |
As NOTTO prepares to open its new Broadgate site, Michelin-starred chef Phil Howard shares four simple, flavour-first pasta dishes – from silky crab linguine to a deeply comforting root veg ragù – offering exactly the kind of winter cooking we all want right now |
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