Hi divas, The hot literati app is live!!! You can download it now in the ios app store. It's the easiest and cutest way to Track what you're reading Build your bookshelf Make notes on specific books See what the community is reading and much more! I've been working on it maniacally and adding really cool features for readers and writers This was a labor of love. I always love to remind you guys that you can do anything. The first step Is always convincing yourself that you ca

hello all of my beautiful Hot Literatis. i have an undying love of the morning. I love the mornings. Fresh brain, and the way light is pure when it hits the trees, even in a place as urban as New York. I'm having some wind-y thoughts today so i'm going to do my best to walk you through them all with me. First off, I'd like to state The Importance of Having a Blog I attended this Startup Grind event where this Venture Captialist Charlie O'Donnell pointed to blogging as the "br

hello cuties angels lovers and other hot literarians Today, I am on my third cup of coffee in my hot literati mug and I'm sitting in my new reading chair, typing into an old fashioned blog. I've very passionate about an old fashioned blog. I've had one since I was fourteen, even though I've developed or "reverted to draft" most of the pieces. My writing used to be disgustingly flowery because I was obsessed with Fitzgerald and Nabokov. Now, I still love both of them, but I've

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A weekend recap! Last week was fun and lively and it felt like the weekend started on Wednesday so this week’s recap will start with...

Is your short attention span a moral failing? On weekends, when I feel like staying in out of Fear and not self-preservation, I try to...

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An alive girl reflection on love in the digital age This January, I swore off Hinge forever. I was attempting to shed a bad habit I’d...

A Decade of Instagram and Self-Consumption From Dagny Tepper, Mommy of Pilot Magazine <3 I’ve decided to start this think piece by...

I tried to make my first Youtube video around 10. It was a hair tutorial that my sweet, archival father definitely still has tucked away...

There is a new character in the Hot Literati digital universe. His name is Jonathan and he ♡s (re)Cognition Summer. You'll be seeing a...

The answer is bad systems Last week I hopped on a 6 a.m. flight and hauled two suitcases with my life belongings across the country,...

Defanging Big Tech’s Frankenstein There’s a recurring ad that I’ve been getting since I graduated high school. It first showed up on...

Mr. Chalamet (yes, he's back...) was telling me about "Tinder in real life" the other day -- a video series in which one guest "swipes"...

Do me a favor. Next time you’re out running errands, existing in a liminal space, or in the coffee line, look around. Look with...

ALIVE GIRL DIARIES: WEEK 0 by Ananya For the modern literati; join me as I test out new strategies each week to reclaim my cognition and...