Welcome back to From The Diving Board!

In this episode we unpack why Jacob Elordi is carrying feminist literature in his back pocket (basically). While literacy rates are declining and phone addictions continues to rise, the aesthetic of “being offline” has become a marker of elitism. Why is reading, or the appearance of reading, so desirable in an age of doom scrolling? What does this say about culture right now?Follow me on Instagram & TikTok