Abi Stephenson
@abistephenson.bsky.social
Writing (Guardian, Aeon, The Monthly, Australian Book Review, Lascaux Review)| Producer of books & ideas events, Webby award-winning animations (RSA Animates & Shorts) |
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Bruce Springsteen’s struggles with depression are at the forefront of Scott Cooper’s biopic about the making of the lo-fi classic album ‘Nebraska’ | Abi Stephenson mnth.ly/tkFxeIy
Who’s the boss?: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’
Bruce Springsteen’s struggles with depression are at the forefront of Scott Cooper’s biopic about the making of the lo-fi classic album Nebraska
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November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Bruce Springsteen’s struggles with depression are at the forefront of Scott Cooper’s biopic about the making of the lo-fi classic album ‘Nebraska’ | Abi Stephenson mnth.ly/tkFxeIy
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"One of the clear standouts for me was how sensitively the film depicts a certain era of emotionally thwarted male relationships."
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Who’s the boss?: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’
Bruce Springsteen’s struggles with depression are at the forefront of Scott Cooper’s biopic about the making of the lo-fi classic album Nebraska
mnth.ly
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"One of the clear standouts for me was how sensitively the film depicts a certain era of emotionally thwarted male relationships."
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Jeremy Allen White (‘Shameless’, ‘The Bear’), is shark-eyed throughout, believably miserable as a fugue-state Springsteen trapped behind the glass of depression. mnth.ly/0jGqKm4
Who’s the boss?: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’
Bruce Springsteen’s struggles with depression are at the forefront of Scott Cooper’s biopic about the making of the lo-fi classic album Nebraska
mnth.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Jeremy Allen White (‘Shameless’, ‘The Bear’), is shark-eyed throughout, believably miserable as a fugue-state Springsteen trapped behind the glass of depression. mnth.ly/0jGqKm4
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"To be a Bruce Springsteen fan – particularly as a young woman – is to spend a lot of time clearing up misconceptions. Admittedly, the brand has thrown off a confusing scent at times."
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Who’s the boss?: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’
Bruce Springsteen’s struggles with depression are at the forefront of Scott Cooper’s biopic about the making of the lo-fi classic album Nebraska
mnth.ly
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"To be a Bruce Springsteen fan – particularly as a young woman – is to spend a lot of time clearing up misconceptions. Admittedly, the brand has thrown off a confusing scent at times."
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November issue out Monday (online today for subscribers)! With an extract from Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein’s ‘The Mushroom Tapes’, Madison Griffiths on abuse in horseracing, plus Abi Stephenson, Andrew Leigh, Robbie Arnott, and more. mnth.ly/uFHtxV3
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
November issue out Monday (online today for subscribers)! With an extract from Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein’s ‘The Mushroom Tapes’, Madison Griffiths on abuse in horseracing, plus Abi Stephenson, Andrew Leigh, Robbie Arnott, and more. mnth.ly/uFHtxV3
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This excellent piece on hyperemesis gravidarum should be required reading for maternity professionals.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
July 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This excellent piece on hyperemesis gravidarum should be required reading for maternity professionals.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Brilliant long-read from @abistephenson.bsky.social in the Guardian about extreme pregnancy sickness - how much suffering it causes and why it’s so weirdly neglected.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
The long read: The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now
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July 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Brilliant long-read from @abistephenson.bsky.social in the Guardian about extreme pregnancy sickness - how much suffering it causes and why it’s so weirdly neglected.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The harsh reality of ‘extreme morning sickness’ | Letters
The harsh reality of ‘extreme morning sickness’ | Letters
Letter: Dr Wendy Bryant responds to an article by Abi Stephenson about hyperemesis gravidarum
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August 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The harsh reality of ‘extreme morning sickness’ | Letters
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An essential read by my dazzling pal @abistephenson.bsky.social
"Far from languishing on the chaise longue without intervention, she could also receive the “rectal instillation” of morphine, laudanum or her own urine ..."
"Far from languishing on the chaise longue without intervention, she could also receive the “rectal instillation” of morphine, laudanum or her own urine ..."
Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
The long read: The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An essential read by my dazzling pal @abistephenson.bsky.social
"Far from languishing on the chaise longue without intervention, she could also receive the “rectal instillation” of morphine, laudanum or her own urine ..."
"Far from languishing on the chaise longue without intervention, she could also receive the “rectal instillation” of morphine, laudanum or her own urine ..."
My new Guardian Long Read. The one in which I talk about medical misogyny, my favourite Napoleonic battle, a handsome US civil war surgeon, cocaine pessaries, the terrors of Victorian medicine, punk icon Patti Smith, and lots (and lots) of vomiting.
Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
The long read: The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My new Guardian Long Read. The one in which I talk about medical misogyny, my favourite Napoleonic battle, a handsome US civil war surgeon, cocaine pessaries, the terrors of Victorian medicine, punk icon Patti Smith, and lots (and lots) of vomiting.
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Fascinating by @abistephenson.bsky.social on the horror of hyperemesis. One of my dearest friends had this and really had to fight for appropriate care. I've always been struck by the fact that it was the probable cause of Charlotte Bronte's untimely death. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
The long read: The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Fascinating by @abistephenson.bsky.social on the horror of hyperemesis. One of my dearest friends had this and really had to fight for appropriate care. I've always been struck by the fact that it was the probable cause of Charlotte Bronte's untimely death. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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“There are at least three roots to trip over here: these are confidential discussions between a patient and her psychiatrist, full of intimate psychiatric notes about someone else, and clearly addressed to yet another individual.” #NotestoJohn
Joan Didion’s ‘Notes to John’
The posthumous collection of psychiatric summaries regarding the American writer’s tragically doomed daughter that should never have been published
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June 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“There are at least three roots to trip over here: these are confidential discussions between a patient and her psychiatrist, full of intimate psychiatric notes about someone else, and clearly addressed to yet another individual.” #NotestoJohn
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The excruciating posthumous collection of psychiatric summaries regarding the American writer’s tragically doomed daughter that should never have been published | Abi Stephenson
Joan Didion’s ‘Notes to John’
The posthumous collection of psychiatric summaries regarding the American writer’s tragically doomed daughter that should never have been published
buff.ly
June 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The excruciating posthumous collection of psychiatric summaries regarding the American writer’s tragically doomed daughter that should never have been published | Abi Stephenson
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“A polished, confident conjuring trick, Shankland’s glossy tour through the ballrooms, decaying palazzos and dusty Sicilian streets of a bygone era manages to be both elegiac and gently critical.” Abi Stephenson on Netflix’s #TheLeopard
Gilded pleasures: ‘The Leopard’ and ‘The White Lotus’
Netflix’s Italian period drama is glorious with intense performances and visual detail, but the latest season of Binge’s hit satire of privilege and psychopaths falls flat
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April 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“A polished, confident conjuring trick, Shankland’s glossy tour through the ballrooms, decaying palazzos and dusty Sicilian streets of a bygone era manages to be both elegiac and gently critical.” Abi Stephenson on Netflix’s #TheLeopard
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Abi Stephenson on #TheWhiteLotus: “White has spoken about not wanting to write about ‘rich people in front of infinity pools’ forever, and one wonders if season 3 is perhaps an unconscious act of self-harm to liberate him from the yoke of his own success.”
April 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Abi Stephenson on #TheWhiteLotus: “White has spoken about not wanting to write about ‘rich people in front of infinity pools’ forever, and one wonders if season 3 is perhaps an unconscious act of self-harm to liberate him from the yoke of his own success.”
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Netflix’s Italian period drama #TheLeopard is glorious with intense performances and visual detail, but the latest season of Binge’s hit satire of privilege and psychopaths falls flat | Abi Stephenson
Gilded pleasures: ‘The Leopard’ and ‘The White Lotus’
Netflix’s Italian period drama is glorious with intense performances and visual detail, but the latest season of Binge’s hit satire of privilege and psychopaths falls flat
buff.ly
April 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Netflix’s Italian period drama #TheLeopard is glorious with intense performances and visual detail, but the latest season of Binge’s hit satire of privilege and psychopaths falls flat | Abi Stephenson
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Hey we're nine followers off of that first hurdle of 10,000, send this post to your top nine friends who like independent books published with integrity, vision, drive and passion and I guess we'll be at the big funny number and maybe my boss will finally respect me
January 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hey we're nine followers off of that first hurdle of 10,000, send this post to your top nine friends who like independent books published with integrity, vision, drive and passion and I guess we'll be at the big funny number and maybe my boss will finally respect me
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The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
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Thoughtful article from @abistephenson.bsky.social on an incredibly tough decision. I love the final description of her daughter "In silence, but with a hearing key right at hand; ready to unlock the blooming, buzzing cacophony of the world whenever she chooses."
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
The long read: Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke such fierce deba...
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December 14, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Thoughtful article from @abistephenson.bsky.social on an incredibly tough decision. I love the final description of her daughter "In silence, but with a hearing key right at hand; ready to unlock the blooming, buzzing cacophony of the world whenever she chooses."
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Beautiful essay: “Why does society want to frame deafness as a medical abnormality, rather than a sensory difference? A parent’s difficult decision about whether to give her child a cochlear implant.”
Why I want my deaf daughter to have the best of both worlds | Aeon Essays
As the hearing parent of a deaf baby, I’m confronted with an agonising decision: should I give her an implant to help her hear?
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December 1, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Beautiful essay: “Why does society want to frame deafness as a medical abnormality, rather than a sensory difference? A parent’s difficult decision about whether to give her child a cochlear implant.”
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I was delighted to be able to commission Abi Stephenson to write this Aeon.co essay about her daughter’s deafness and the dilemmas for parents - wonderful to see it syndicated by The Guardian too, and reaching an even wider readership www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
The long read: Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke such fierce deba...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:49 PM
I was delighted to be able to commission Abi Stephenson to write this Aeon.co essay about her daughter’s deafness and the dilemmas for parents - wonderful to see it syndicated by The Guardian too, and reaching an even wider readership www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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I thought this was an extremely thoughtful article, well worth a read.
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke such fierce debate?
* This essay first appeared under the title The Cochlear…
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December 12, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I thought this was an extremely thoughtful article, well worth a read.
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Resharing this thought provoking essay by my amazing friend @abistephenson.bsky.social ⭐
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke such fierce debate?
* This essay first appeared under the title The Cochlear…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Resharing this thought provoking essay by my amazing friend @abistephenson.bsky.social ⭐
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This is a thoughtful discussion of a difficult issue.
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke such fierce debate?
* This essay first appeared under the title The Cochlear…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:38 AM
This is a thoughtful discussion of a difficult issue.
Didn’t explicitly have ‘a @theguardian.com Longreads byline’ on my Christmas wishlist this year - but the idea of writing for my favourite newspaper has vaguely (preposterously, dreamily) been on my mind since I bought my first copy at 17.
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The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear? | Deafness and hearing loss | The Guardian
<strong>The long read:</strong> Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke...
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December 12, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Didn’t explicitly have ‘a @theguardian.com Longreads byline’ on my Christmas wishlist this year - but the idea of writing for my favourite newspaper has vaguely (preposterously, dreamily) been on my mind since I bought my first copy at 17.
amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...