Emma Glassman-Hughes

My name is Emma Glassman-Hughes.

I am a writer and reporter, and I'm an editor at PopSugar.

yearning.

We're deep in a yearning moment.

I think that people are yearning every which way.

I think in a more classic sense, like we've seen the success of Heated Rivalry.

The summer he turned pretty.

I'm pissed about last summer.

Those have blown up and really are good examples of how everyone is just excited right now about

the burn of like a true crush.

Yeah, I think of yearning in a pretty broad sense around the Mom Donnie campaign in New York.

My feeds were full of energy and enthusiasm and like,

true yearning and aching for a better future, for some new options.

I've also seen this New Year's resolution trend on TikTok where people are aiming to receive 1,000 rejections in 2026.

My name's Liv, and I'm on the road to 1,000 rejections.

Okay, so I made a post yesterday that my resolution for 2026 is to get 1000 rejections.

This year, I am attempting to get rejected as many times as I can.

And that means like putting yourself out there at least 1000 times and proving to yourself that you're willing to try and be vulnerable and face the prospect of failure.

And to me, that's big yearner energy.

And obviously, like along the way in between