EPISODE · Sep 9, 2025 · 4 MIN
💳 attention is a gift (card)
from emails from amelia · host amelia hruby, phd
Hello and thanks for listening to this audio version of my email newsletter ⋆⭒˚。⋆ ⠀When I left social media four years ago, I could literally feel my attention healing in real time. I went from scattered and drained to invigorated and focused. I had so much creative and embodied energy. I knew what I cared about for the first time in years. To be honest, it felt fully, fucking magical.Read & share this post here: https://www.ameliahruby.com/blog/attention-is-a-giftGet on the waitlist for my book here: https://amelia.myflodesk.com/book Sign up for my mailing list here: https://amelia.myflodesk.com/ ✨ Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, podcaster and producer with a PhD in philosophy from DePaul University. Over the past decade, she’s been a university professor, a community organizer, and a radio DJ. Since leaving social media in 2021, she’s also launched the popular podcast Off the Grid, where she interviews artists, writers, business leaders and former influencers. Amelia is a platform critic, an AI skeptic, and an advocate for a non-extractive internet. Her new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media is out now.
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Hello and thanks for listening to this audio version of my email newsletter ⋆⭒˚。⋆ ⠀When I left social media four years ago, I could literally feel my attention healing in real time. I went from scattered and drained to invigorated and focused. I had so much creative and embodied energy. I knew what I cared about for the first time in years. To be honest, it felt fully, fucking magical.Read & share this post here: https://www.ameliahruby.com/blog/attention-is-a-giftGet on the waitlist for my book here: https://amelia.myflodesk.com/book Sign up for my mailing list here: https://amelia.myflodesk.com/ ✨ Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, podcaster and producer with a PhD in philosophy from DePaul University. Over the past decade, she’s been a university professor, a community organizer, and a radio DJ. Since leaving social media in 2021, she’s also launched the popular podcast Off the Grid, where she interviews artists, writers, business leaders and former influencers. Amelia is a platform critic, an AI skeptic, and an advocate for a non-extractive internet. Her new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media is out now.
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