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Is Kamala Brat? How The Politician Memed Herself Into A Presidential Candidate

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Underconsumption Core, Recession Pop & Projecting Meaning Onto Poverty

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Hawk Tuah Girl, Mixed Weight Relationships and The Rise In Dehumanising Women Online

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Aura Points, Looksmaxxing And The Warped Morality Of TikTok Trends

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Why The 2024 General Election Is So Depressing

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The Brat Deep Dive

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Literary It Girls, BookTok And The Complicated History of Men Watching Women Reading

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The 'All Eyes On Rafah' Viral Image And How AI Is Turning Us Into Boomers

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Why Is Everyone 'Neurospicy' Now? On The Individualisation Of Neurodivergence Online

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Blockout2024 And How Social Media Gamified Political Issues

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Polyamory - Empowering Or Embarrassing?

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AI Girlfriends are Here to Turn us into Baby Making Machines

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Baby Reindeer And How Social Media Has Made Sociopaths Of Us All

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Chappell Roan, Jojo Siwa And How Lesbians Took Over Pop Music

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The Zoe App, Ozempic and Individualist Healthcare Won't Save You

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Terrible parties, self obsessed co-workers & the cinematic lie of a glamorous media career

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Sydney Sweeney's Boobs Are Not A Political Playground

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Forget Girlhood, These Are The Days Of TERFhood

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How The People's Princess Toppled The It Girl

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The Internet Sucks Now: Why Gen Z and Alpha Suffer From Learned Helplessness

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Live: How Priscilla by Sofia Coppola Uses Clothing as a Form Of Power, With Stacey Battat

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The Taylor Swift Tipping Point

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Why Are 10 Year Olds Engaging in Ten Step Skincare Routines? How The Cult Of Beauty Affects Us All

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The Final Boss Of TikTok Aesthetics: Is Mob Wife Glamour A Psyop?

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Have Stanley Cups Gone Too Far?

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Poor Things: Feminist Fable or Just Another Misogynistic Movie?

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The Problem With The Memeification of Gypsy Rose Blanchard

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The Definitive 2024 Ins And Outs List: Bows, Rich People Worship, Saying 2014 Is Back & More

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We'll see you in the new year <3

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Why We Hate Saltburn: Classism, Depravity And Why Rich People So Often Make Bad Art

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Ugliness Of Power

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Are You Girl Pretty Or Boy Pretty? How TikTok Brought Back Y2K Self Loathing

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Who's Allowed To Criticise The Kardashians?

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Live At the Barbican: How Feminism And Climate Change Are Irrevocably Linked

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Tristan's Apology Tour

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Why The Internet Hates 'This Is Not Your Mother's Mean Girls'

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Is Kim Copying Taylor Swift's PR Moves?

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Selena Gomez, Amy Schumer, & The Problem With Celebrities Getting Political Online

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Is this Real Drama?

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Why Do Women Love Being Redpilled?

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Goal is Always to Expand

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Doja Cat & The Problem With People Pandering to Edgelord Celebrities

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Power Of Proximity

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Inclusivity in Fashion is a Charade & We're All Being Duped

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Kim Is Fictionalising Her PR Moves

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TikTok Sleuths Are Making Gossip a Crime

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Postmodernism of The Kardashians

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Why Are We All Reclaiming Our Girlhood?

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Narratives Are Imploding In On Themselves

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Summer 2023 Recap: The Tabi Swindler, The Roman Empire, Timothée & Kylie, Barbie, Bottoms and more

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Strikes, American Horror Story and Season Four

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: There Is No Such Thing as an Original Thought When It Comes to the Kardashians

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Importance of Being Earnest

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Is it real or is it not real? Do they care or do they not care?

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: How The Kardashians Have Always Been Modern Mythology

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Why Is Female Power Synonymous With Tragedy?

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Is The Kim vs Kourtney Rivalry Really All About Mommy Issues?

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Show Has More In Common With Succession Than You Think

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A note from Ione

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Memeing Through The Existential Dread

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The Sleepover Club: How Taylor Swift & Matty Healy Became The Worlds Most Controversial Couple

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Sisters That Won't Let Girlboss Culture Die

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The Sleepover Club: The Torture Of Being Perceived & Whether The 'Like Gap' Is Even Real

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Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: The Girls Are (Fake) Fighting Again

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The Sleepover Club: How The Writers Strike Will Shape The Future Of Culture

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The Sleepover Club: Are They An Industry Plant, Or Do You Just Hate Women?

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The Sleepover Club: All Your Fave Magazines Are Closing, But Who Killed Digital Media?

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The Sleepover Club: On Wednesdays We Dox Mean Girls On TikTok

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The Sleepover Club: Are Spoilers And Streaming Services Sucking All Enjoyment From Life?

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The Sleepover Club: Therapy Speak Is Ruining Our Friendships And Making Us Terrible People

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Confessions: What's The Difference Between Love & Craving Attention? Plus More Of Your Dilemmas Answered By Doechii

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The Sleepover Club: Blokecore, The Legacy Of Ladettes, And Why We Should Be Worried About The Co-option Of Working Class Culture

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Confessions: Class Divides In Relationships, Inadequacy, & Hating Your Best Friends Partner - With Piri

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The Sleepover Club: The Farce Of #MeToo & Why Abuse Of Power Still Comes As No Surprise

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Confessions: Codependency, Oversharing Online, and How To Stop Being Shy - With Cat Burns

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The Sleepover Club: How Misogynists Are Using Infographics & Pseudoscience To Fuel Anti-Feminism

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The Sleepover Club - Cloutbombing & The Need to Remain Culturally Relevant At Any Cost

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The Sleepover Club: How Ozempic Killed Body Positivity And Why We Need Gross Girls More Than Ever

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The Sleepover Club: Are Sex Scenes In Film and Tv Immoral?

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The Sleepover Club: TERFs Are Ruining Feminism

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The Sleepover Club: Is Deinfluencing Going to Save Us All? Or Is It Just Consumerism In Disguise?

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The Sleepover Club: Recession Core Is As Depressing As It Sounds

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The Sleepover Club: Is Lucky Girl Syndrome Real?

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The Sleepover Club: Why Can't We Leave Britney Alone? Because TikTok Correspondents Are Turning Us All Into Monstrous Tabloid Journalists

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The Sleepover Club: Is It Time To Retire The 'Sad Girls With Bad Boyfriends' Narrative?

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The Sleepover Club: Why We're Sick Of 'In' And 'Out' Lists, And What They Say About Our Attitude To Micro-trends

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From Buccal Fat To Goblin Mode: Analysing The Highs And Lows Of 2022

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Are AI Selfies & Digital Narcissism Going To Destroy Art As We Know It?

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The Sleepover Club: Balenciaga, Satanic Panic, And How The Left Falls For QAnon Conspiracies

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The Sleepover Club: Has Marvel Killed The Movie Star, As Quentin Tarantino Believes? Or Are We Seeing A Return To The Old Hollywood System?

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The Sleepover Club: Keeping Up With The Kinky Crafts - Are We All Watching Fetish Content Without Realising?

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The Sleepover Club: Will The Rise Of Ugly Beauty Save Us All? Or Is It Another Capitalist Gimmick?

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The Sleepover Club: The Death Of Nuance, Why Being 'Chronically Online' Gives You Brain Worms, And The Era of Anti-Intellectualism

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The Sleepover Club: The Return Of Skinniness & Why Body Types Are Still Treated As Trends

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The Sleepover Club: The Fall Of The Wife Guys

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The Sleepover Club: Society Of The Spectacle And How Filming Strangers For Content Became Common Practise

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The Sleepover Club - Digital Retrofuturism and the Influence of Internet Nostalgia on Fashion

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The Sleepover Club: The Death Of The Influencer

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The Sleepover Club: How The Media Have Spun The Cost Of Living Crisis Into Poverty Porn

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The Sleepover Club: Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Representation Politics Again?