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It’s Deeper Than Daisies: Marxism, Cottagecore, and Aesthetic Resistance

Sunlight streaming through the treetops, fresh bread baking, baby animals frolicking in fields—these are just a few of the images that characterize cottagecore, an emerging internet subculture dedicated to a…

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The (Queer?) Opulence of Harry Styles

When beloved boy band One Direction broke up in 2015, millions of fans all over the world were devastated. For many, the band’s upbeat pop anthems and meticulously styled matching…

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Culture & Entertainment

Fletcher’s S(ex) Tapes: How To Break Up Like a Lesbian

Cari Fletcher just leaked her own sex tapes. No, not that kind—but these are almost more intimate. The S(ex) Tapes, a seven-track EP originally set to be released later next…

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The Complicated Legacy of “Paris is Burning”

“If you’re going to do this, you’re going to have to be stronger than you could ever imagine.” These are the opening words of Paris Is Burning, one of the…

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Life

The Politics of Queer Skate Culture

Brimming with teenage angst and rebellion, he does an ollie in a Thrasher hoodie. We watched him on grainy VHS tape montages and heard about him in Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er…

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Does She…You Know…Listen to Girl in Red?

One of the first questions I ask when I’m getting to know people is what kind of music they like. Music and identity are, for whatever reason, inextricably linked. The…

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Cottagecore, Sans Cottage: The Real Ethos Behind a Blooming Subculture

It’s a fine summer evening. The pastures are saturated with lupine and aster, lending their sweetness to the breeze that sweeps in from the open window, ruffling the gauzy curtains.…

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Club Quarantine and Queer Cyberspaces in the Age of COVID-19

If we can’t see each other IRL, we’ll go URL. At 9:35 PM EST I was sitting on my bed feeling just the right amount of high with only a…

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Boys

This project is about masculinity, sexuality, and transition from the point of view of three transgender men in my life. The project expanded to become a photographic personal project about…

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The (Queer?) Opulence of Harry Styles

Fletcher’s S(ex) Tapes: How To Break Up Like a Lesbian

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Why Motherhood Scares Me Shitless

A Love Letter to the Subway and the Simple Luxuries of Pre-Pandemic Life

You Should Still Be Getting Tested for STIs Right Now

The Complicated Legacy of “Paris is Burning”

The Politics of Queer Skate Culture

Does She…You Know…Listen to Girl in Red?

Trending posts

Why Motherhood Scares Me Shitless

A Love Letter to the Subway and the Simple Luxuries of Pre-Pandemic Life

You Should Still Be Getting Tested for STIs Right Now

Club Quarantine and Queer Cyberspaces in the Age of COVID-19

Staycation

Trending posts

Why Motherhood Scares Me Shitless

A Love Letter to the Subway and the Simple Luxuries of Pre-Pandemic Life

You Should Still Be Getting Tested for STIs Right Now

Boys

Why Motherhood Scares Me Shitless

A Love Letter to the Subway and the Simple Luxuries of Pre-Pandemic Life

You Should Still Be Getting Tested for STIs Right Now

COVID-19 and the Prison Industrial Complex

My Father and I

All My Homies Hate Retail Therapy

Yes, We Said “Eat the Rich”

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