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what it actually takes to make a k-pop song
No one is able to discern what qualifies as artistic identity from the stars they pay money to hear and what is the product of a publicity team’s focus…
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Steffi
video games are fanfiction's next frontier
If fanfic is the horny nationals, then fan games are the horny Olympics.
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sims-maxxing in the apocalypse
inside the complicated world of custom content mods in the Sims 4, which offer both rebellion and escape.
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Faye OD
is AI dating the new frontier of impersonal connection?
A drastic shift is happening in how people relate to each other in our digitized world, and it's deeply influencing how we date and connect. Society is…
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would you pay for fan service?
how cosplay created a system of "participatory parasocial connection."
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RIP TikTok, which made us gay
TikTok may be "back," for now, but the future of the app feels uncertain — especially for queer users. Writer Malavika Kannan explores what the new…
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malavika kannan
to all the tiktok mannerisms we've loved before
an ode to how much creators on the app have shaped culture over the years
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kate lindsay
the fanfic-to-real-fic pipeline
Despite fanfiction being some of the most popular “pull-to-publish” phenomena of the 2010s, these books — "Fifty Shades of Grey," which was once a…
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our magical girl comic is here 🥺 💓
In our inaugural comic (hopefully the first of many), mixed feelings art director Logan Tsugita put girlhood into five panels that speak volumes. "What…
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unsolicited dating advice from mr. "looking for the perfect woman"
After flyering for dates in New York City with varying degrees of success, writer Tess Garcia turned to a self-proclaimed flyer pro: Dan Perino, father…
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the “flyerfication” of dating
I stopped by Staples to pick up 50 fliers with my face on them. On each displayed facts that I viewed as crucial to attracting the right crowd, from…
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Tess Garcia
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the attack on titan musical made broadway c*nt again
As the cast of Attack on Titan: The Musical took their final bows I suddenly became very sure of two things: One, Attack on Titan might be one of the…
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