Culture writer @TheFP, novelist, half of @femchaospod, yoga instructor. Latest book: a wilderness thriller called HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS, out now!
It has come to my attention that a bunch of characters from young adult fiction twitter have become inexplicably outraged by this post and are furiously quote-tweeting it, and, sigh, feels like old times 🥹
A weird thing about watching The Terminator (1984) in 2026 is that the effects hold up quite well but the strikingly tender portrayal of heterosexual relationships feels like something from another world