Theguardian iconTheguardianSep 20, 2026 ~1 min source read

Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline

The only answer is to unplug and try this instead God, I love social media! I cannot believe my exquisite luck – to exist in a time when it was invented!

Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline

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The only answer is to unplug and try this instead God, I love social media!

I cannot believe my exquisite luck – to exist in a time when it was invented!

It's kind of like a cross between your best ever pub, and the bit on Live & Kicking where celebrities like Duran Duran were doing the phone-in, and you could ring in and talk to them.

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The only answer is to unplug and try this instead God, I love social media! I cannot believe my exquisite luck – to exist in a time when it was invented! It's kind of like a cross between your best ever pub, and the bit on Live & Kicking where celebrities like Duran Duran were doing the phone-in, and you could ring in and talk to them.

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  • During the royal wedding with Kate and William, when all the lesser royals were herded on to some shitty coaches, Kemp was horrified.

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Fourteen years ago, Twitter was the fastest, funniest game on the web. Now I've been driven out by so-called 'online activists'. If you've not been on Twitter yet – please join!

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