Marianne Eloise is a journalist and commentator on neurodivergent issues. She has written for publications including The Cut, 

Once a signifier of luxury or novelty, custom products and services are now within reach of the everyday consumer, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence, algorithm-led platforms, and the COVID-era digitisation boom. Today, everyone wants to be the main character of their brand experience. 

Personal Worlds

Georgina Sturmer is a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice. She helps people to become happier, more confident, and more resilient in their lives and relationships. She specialises in working with women. Sturmer has commented widely for the media on mental health topics, including 

, and BBC Radio. Her expertise includes anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, pregnancy, fertility, miscarriage, postnatal depression, domestic abuse, trauma, and loss. She's a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Gen Z (born 1997-2010)

United States

Travel and Leisure

American Psychiatric Association

Interview with Georgia Sturmer conducted by the author

Chess.com

TimeOut

The Los Angeles Times

Business Insider

Financial Times

Dazed

Newsweek

Art Gate

The New York Times

Statista

BBC News

ESEI

The Mirror

The coolest Gen Z adults in Los Angeles aren’t meeting up at bars. Instead, they can be found at LA Chess Club, a meet-spot up where people get together to play a game with an uncool reputation. What can this tell us about young people’s desire for authentic real-world connections?