the internet is my friend | Annika | Substack

Welcome to ‘the internet is my friend’

A creative life lived online

Dec 12, 2025 • Annika

The Life of a Reader

Cleaning out my bookshelf

Dec 17, 2025 • Annika

Newsweek #6: How podcasters killed the interview, good book recs, and great art

Aug 28, 2025 • Annika

Writing analog: A notebook lovestory

What do we want to leave behind in this digital world?

Jul 26, 2025 • Annika

I want to speak my language again

Speaking two languages made me forget who I am

Jul 19, 2025 • Annika

Most Popular

I am tired of scrolling

Jun 2, 2024 • Annika

Art isn't allowed to take up space anymore

Jun 30, 2024 • Annika

Nonfiction doesn’t teach you anything

Jun 18, 2024 • Annika

I couldn’t afford to be a writer, am I not allowed to be one?

Aug 12, 2024 • Annika

Lists & Recs

Newsweek #6: How podcasters killed the interview, good book recs, and great art

Aug 28, 2025 • Annika

Diversifying my inbox: A list of really good substacks

Sharing my favorite newsletters from that viral Substack note

Apr 30, 2025 • Annika

Newsweek #5: Anthony Bourdain, buying the paper, and watching lots of documentaries

Aug 16, 2024 • Annika

Newsweek #4: Dystopian thoughts and the perfect lipstick

This newsweek is the most mixed bag of all: EU elections, great newsletter recs, a movie with bad reviews that I love, and all the perfect red things.

Jun 4, 2024 • Annika

Essays

The Life of a Reader

Cleaning out my bookshelf

Dec 17, 2025 • Annika

Writing analog: A notebook lovestory

What do we want to leave behind in this digital world?

Jul 26, 2025 • Annika

The triangle of community death: labels, boundaries, triggers

Community dies when discomfort becomes a boundary

May 4, 2025 • Annika

It is time to unfollow social-media motherhood

Parenting isn’t hell, but people click on it.

Apr 3, 2025 • Annika

Personal Writing

I want to speak my language again

Speaking two languages made me forget who I am

Jul 19, 2025 • Annika

Oysters, with love

Thoughts while pregnant and puking

Jun 12, 2025 • Annika

Losing your childhood

For all the abandoned daughters

Sep 8, 2024 • Annika

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