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Conversations By The Sea

Ellen Kate Boyle

Ellen Forster and Craig Boyle of Content By The Sea discuss how to stay sane while running a creative business. ellenforster.substack.com

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5:56

Cancelling out cancel culture

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/11/21

Riddle me this…What's harder to cancel: an Amazon Prime subscription or a male celebrity?The rise of Bluesky has got me thinking about the early days of cancel culture, when Twitter was the court of public opinion and one poorly timed joke could ruin your entire life. It's probably fair to say that this was, at times, far too extreme - with Twitter eventually becoming a place where you'd be scared to say anything in case you became the Main Character for the day.Following its rebrand to X, Twitter

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6:19

Taking the rage bait

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/11/14

I have to start by recognising the irony of this email. The whole newsletter is going to be about how we need to stop giving attention to certain topics or people, and by writing this I am thereby giving them attention. I’ll do my best to be as specific as possible without actually giving anyone airtime.Last week, we saw Donald Trump win his second US Presidential Election. The fallout of the victory has brought with it a torrent of horrible social media posts from right-wing male ‘influencers’ -

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2:35

I went to a gig alone

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/11/07

Let me set the scene.It’s 2005. I’m in high school, but I don’t really care about my studies because all that matters is music and film.I spend my time outside of school at the family computer, downloading my favourite songs from Limewire onto my Creative Zen MP3 player, writing melancholic monologues on Live Journal, trapping the social worker in a room with no doors on The Sims, coding my own website using only HTML and pining over River Phoenix.I listened to a lot of bands back then, and Interpol

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4:29

Sorry for the inconvenience

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/10/31

I am writing this on the train to London. This is my first time going to the Big Smoke since 2016 (I think?). I'm off to see Macbeth with David Tennant and Cush Jumbo at the Harold Pinter Theatre. But that's not what I wanted to write about today.When I first got on this train, I realised I had accidentally booked a window seat. I hate sitting anywhere other than in an aisle seat for so many reasons, but it mostly boils down to a feeling of being trapped in my seat.I initially sat in my allocated

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4:36

Welcome to the victimhood

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/10/24

We've all heard the phrase.There's kids dying in Africa.Obviously, it goes without saying that this is such an offensive and uneducated statement. But that's not why I wanted to mention it this week. This one sentence is the perfect encapsulation of a problem we have as a nation. Don't complain because there's someone else worse off than you.Social media has made this so much worse. People find great solace in shouting into the void. I'm not against that at all. What I am against, or at least not in

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6:04

The court of public opinion is in session

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/10/17

I realise I am shopping myself for writing this newsletter on the same day of sending it, but life is chaos, and so am I. The world woke up to the news of yet another untimely celebrity death this morning, with Liam Payne of One Direction fame passing away at just 31 years old following a pretty horrific accident in Buenos Aires.What immediately got me about this story is that just days ago, I saw several videos taking the piss out of Payne. It’s no news to anyone that the singer has been going

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8:52

Go with the flow (state)

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/10/10

On seeking external validation, finding flow state and why Sally Rooney is rejecting fame. If you know me IRL or follow me on Instagram, you’ll know I haven’t really shut up about Sally Rooney’s latest novel, Intermezzo. This is the Irish author’s fourth full-length novel, and she’s only 33. Her youth - alongside her talent for capturing the millennial experience - has made her a person of interest in the media for many years. Following the BBC TV adaptation of her novel Normal People, Rooney was

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6:26

That's child's play

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/10/03

There’s a trend in “mum-influencers” where they admit they find playing with their kids to be boring. In some ways, I can understand this. In fact, many aspects of parenting are extremely boring - but, to me, playing isn’t one of them. It’s probably the least boring part of being a parent.That’s not meant as an insult to these mothers who do feel that way, they are entitled to their opinions - I would never want this to come across as a criticism of any mother. It’s more that this just hasn’t been

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6:31

Not like other girls

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/09/26

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about ‘women who hate women’ exploring the ✨Not Like Other Girls✨ trend, and why girls - and women - are being raised to compete with each other, rather than work together. I wrote:The true irony of NLOG is that women are often drawn to these attitudes in order to separate themselves from the bitchiness synonymous with groups of women, and by doing so they are perpetuating the division and judgement that they are actively fighting against.Call me Mystic Meg,

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6:59

You're not the main character

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/09/19

Earlier in the week, I was stopped in my tracks by this post on /r/AskUK:I am someone who doesn’t like being perceived at the best of times, so the idea of a stranger filming me and posting the video to social media is so, so stressful. The general consensus in the comments is that the OP has no legal legs to stand on—he works in a public place, and unless management wants to ban the customer from the store, he just has to live with it.I obviously went digging and found the video (I won’t link it

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7:37

Land of hope and glory

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/09/12

I had a week off as we went on holiday and then immediately ran the Great North Run. Weirdly, I gained a bunch of new subscribers during that time, so I’m a little hesitant about coming back today. Especially given that I have chosen to write about quite a controversial topic.Let’s get into it.Before we went away, we saw Kneecap at the cinema. The film is made by and stars the West Belfast hip-hop trio of the same name. Kneecap are total jokers, but they are pretty serious about one thing - freeing

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6:57

He's just a nice Guy

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/08/29

Last week, I wrote about how my toddler learned to self-soothe. Since then, I have been thinking about how we, as adults, could do with taking a note or two from her.I’ve noticed that when we’re at a busy place, like a family gathering or soft play, my daughter will take herself to one side and play quietly. She might also ask for her ‘Guy’. If you’ve met my child, the chances are you’ve met Guy.Guy is so powerful, we actually have Two Guys - as the risk of losing one Guy seemed too much to deal

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9:16

Man, I feel like a mother

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/08/22

I don’t write about motherhood very often despite it being a massive part of my life.I was wondering why, and I realised this unveiled a difficult truth I am hesitant to admit.I have an internalised prejudice against mothers who talk about being mothers.So often, we see women become mothers and lose who they were before. They give up hobbies, sports, friendships, careers and other freedoms to dedicate their lives to raising children.This was my worst fear when I became a mother.So much so that I

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9:04

A fat lot of good

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/08/15

I’m ashamed to say I've been fully absorbed in Love Is Blind UK this week. The Netflix reality show originated in the US, but this is the first series starring Brits who want to get engaged to someone without seeing their face.The show itself is trash. You have to watch it with a critical eye, knowing full well that many of the scenarios are ‘set up’. While reactions may be genuine, the producers will always choose entertainment over the contestants’ mental health.So, while I do watch this crap (and

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7:57

Speak up, don't shut up.

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/08/08

I really wanted to dodge this topic this week, but I just couldn’t.Everywhere I look, there are clips of riots in the cities I’ve called home, snippets of news articles about racist attacks, and updates from small businesses and charities closing their doors in anticipation of riots. I will first point to Arlen Pettitt’s newsletter from yesterday about how racism is endemic in this country, and while these scenes are shocking, the views are nothing new:It has not come from nowhere. It has been

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5:51

Hearts of gold

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/08/01

I’ve written before about my fascination with ordinary people doing extraordinary things— and surely the epitome of this is the Olympics.Yes, this going to be an entire email about the Olympics. Apologies in advance.In previous years, I haven’t been that bothered about it. I might have dipped in and out of the big events, glory hunting for Tom Daley or Jessica Ennis-Hill, but I have never sat down and watched it live. This year, my second monitor is taking a break from showing spreadsheets, and is

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6:01

Have we broken our brains?

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/07/25

Do you get your best ideas in the shower?Or do you scrabble to record frantic voice notes while driving out of fear you’ll forget that lightbulb moment?This week, I learned that this is actually a known psychological phenomenon.Default Mode Network (DMN) is when your brain is awake but at rest. You are not focused on any outside activity; perhaps you are doing something passive or routine, like walking or going to the loo. DMN kicks in when your mind is allowed to wander.This is when your brain is

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8:14

Check your privilege

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/07/18

This morning, I took Potter to the vet for his monthly arthritis injection and drove past my childhood street. I no longer live in my hometown (because I can’t afford to), and my family home now belongs to someone else. Though angsty teenage me sometimes resented where I grew up, I now see in a totally different light. As I passed by my old street today, I was overwhelmed by how lucky I was to grow up somewhere so beautiful and safe. I had access to everything I needed, and I could play outside with

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7:55

X marks the spot

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/07/11

Growing up, everyone in my family voted. But they never talked about who they voted for. In fact, when I was very young, I thought it was an unspoken rule that you never discussed which party got your vote; this notion was perpetuated by ceremoniously hiding in the voting booth and covertly slipping your paper into the secret ballot box. A few years later, it became clear to me that many people did talk openly about politics—we just didn’t in our wider family because it caused a ruckus. In my house,

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7:31

Are we cool again?

Conversations By The Sea ·

2024/07/04

You only have to glance at last weekend’s Glastonbury lineup to see how many acts from our youth are making their big comeback. Avril Lavigne, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bloc Party, Sugababes, Gossip and The Vaccines are all artists I would associate with my younger years. Meanwhile, Green Day performed at Wembley last week, celebrating 30 years of Dookie and 20 (yes, TWENTY) years of American Idiot. Netflix even dropped a Nickelback documentary exploring the band’s experience as the butt of the joke for

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