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The Know Daily - Friday 19 May 2023
🗞️ How does the news affect our mental health?
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Dear readers,
You might remember that at the beginning of the month, we asked you to fill out a short survey ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week. We wanted to know more about how keeping up with current affairs impacts your day-to-day wellbeing.
We were thrilled to receive 649 incredible, in-depth responses - but we were definitely not pleased to learn that a staggering 80% of you think that following the news has negatively affected your mental health in the past.
We thought that you might like to see our findings from the survey, so we pulled the stats together (pie charts and all). And, in response to your feedback, we’ve highlighted our four top tips for tackling anxiety around the news - check out our guide here.
Scroll down for our usual roundup of the week’s biggest headlines, and recs for things to watch, listen to and do this weekend.
Have a great one,
Kate x
Editor-in-Chief
12.5: The average age of a passenger vehicle on the road in the US amid high first-hand car prices, marking a new record.
240: The number of days in which one man is attempting to run the length of Africa - 26-year-old Brit Russell Cook is raising money for The Running Charity and Water Aid.
11.6%: The proportion of British children who reported experimenting with vaping in a charity survey conducted in the spring - representing a 50% increase in a year.
$1.91 million: The cost of a joke made by a Chinese stand-up comedian, after authorities fined his entertainment firm for the army-themed quip.
POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
💼 The G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023 begins today in Japan - the annual forum sees leaders from seven of the world’s richest nations discuss geopolitical, economic and climate issues.
🌡️ Scientists warned that temperatures are more likely than not to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels within the next five years.
🐔 UK PM Rishi Sunak promised to take chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef - practices associated with US factory farms - off the table in future trade deals.
CULTURE
📽️ The Cannes Film Festival opened this week with the premiere of Jeanne du Barry, Johnny Depp’s first film in three years. Depp received a seven-minute standing ovation, but his opponents have criticised organisers for giving a platform to an alleged domestic abuser.
🇮🇳 India’s Supreme Court upheld a law allowing Jallikattu - a controversial bull-taming sport - to continue, following a challenge from animal rights groups.
📸 New York City Mayor Eric Adams condemned paparazzi for being “reckless and irresponsible” after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were allegedly involved a car chase.
WORK & INNOVATION
💉 Needle-free Covid vaccination trials begun in Cambridge, where the technology was developed. A jet of air is used to administer the vaccine.
📱 Vodafone announced plans to cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years, equating to around a tenth of its global workforce.
🍄 Researchers identified a potential antidote for a toxin found in the world’s most poisonous mushroom, the death cap.
UPLIFTING STUFF
☀️ Looking at positive news stories - specifically videos and articles featuring acts of kindness - can counter the ill-effects of seeing negative news stories, new research found.
🏳️🌈 Same-sex couples in Taiwan were granted full adoption rights, marking a significant step towards achieving full marriage equality.
🔬 An mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer patients showed promising results in a small-scale study conducted in New York.
❣️ How does the news affect our mental health?
We were thrilled to receive hundreds of responses to our mental health and the news survey, all of which have helped us better understand your (generally quite complex) relationship with current affairs.
Click here to take a look at our findings, the reasons why people are switching off from the news, and our top tips for improving your relationship with global goings on.
📰 Read: This powerful article from writer Eloise Hendy on the politics of ageing in the public eye and why, in our sexist and superficial society, we continue to equate looking good with being good. “When we see photos of women smiling so broadly that their eyes crinkle and crease, we shouldn’t regard it as a cautionary tale; we should hope that we might all be so lucky,” she writes.
🎧 Find your next fave podcast: Whether you’re after politics, comedy or whodunnits, you’re bound to find something that ticks all the boxes in Time Out’s list of the 50 best podcasts to listen to in 2023. We particularly like the sound of Hoaxed and Why Won’t You Date Me?.
📽️ Watch: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (out in cinemas now), Muted (Netflix), Without Sin (ITVX), High Desert (AppleTV+).
� 📣 Calling all Londoners: Come and join us for our The Know x London Lonely Girls Club picnic on Monday 29 May in Victoria Park! You’ll meet like-minded people, have fun and (hopefully) enjoy the sunshine 👉 sign up here. Interested in attending events outside of London? Let us know here.
Our Jobs Board highlights purpose-driven opportunities, flexible and female-founded environments, and employers who champion mental health.
Our top jobs this week include roles at CRU Kafe, Penguin Random House and The Ned hotel. Check them out 👉 here 👈
Want to reach 150,000 women with your latest roles? Email [email protected] if you’d like to list your jobs with us.
As a tiny team with a big mission, we’re so grateful when readers spread the word about us. The more friends you refer to us, the more prizes you get - think: a £30 gift card to spend at the fashion rental company HURR, two plant-based recipe kits from Grubby and several bags of organic CRU Kafe coffee.
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