issue 5

DYNASTY

‘The text is a practice that could be compared to political revolution: the one brings about in the subject what the other introduces into society.’
- Julia Kristeva, Revolution in Poetic Language, 1984

“…in the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.” 

- Gianni Versace, 1997

infinity; memory; family; continuity

GAY DYNASTY

I grew up an 80s kid. As a provincial kid – in what I like to call Sweden’s Kansas – the bombastic nature of the mid-to-late 80s pop sound offered a confident breath of what the world was and could be.

Sebastian Andersson

 
 
 
 
 

BENEATH THE PAVEMENT

But wait, this was not Sierra Maestra, it was Los Angeles. There were no Molotovs or Godards, only champagne flutes.

Lukas Slothuus looks at Tidal’s coming and going, drawing on the lessons of May 1968.

 

Reading Aloud

I began reading poetry aloud to my friends when I was about sixteen. This reading aloud often contained a slight edge of coercion: often, it was unannounced -

JAGO RACKHAM

A Ramen Recipe.

JO AUSTEN

Style for style

Why the stylist behind ‘The Simple Life’ knew how to keep it simple (there was no stylist).

NICHOLAS HAYDEN

 

𝒮𝓊𝓇𝑔𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔

A conversation with Athena Papadopoulos, pt. 2.

“I’ve always found that I’ll imagine something more morose behind the veneer of perfection.”

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Sous Le Soleil Arachnidé

The advent of womanhood is unavoidable.

Photography by Elena Kendall-Aranda.

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PSA: Advertising Advertising

On the significance of Pod Save America‘s ad breaks.

Katrina Russell | READ

The Umbrella

‘Yes, everyone has a few chances to be god-like to someone else, to train, teach, and love some other. And to be loved.‘

Short fiction by Hugo Hamper-Potts | READ

A meditation on finding the right job ☑

From: Nicholas Hayden.

[OPEN]

Great Lake

Photography by Sam Clarke | VIEW

 
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Song of Myself - Or, The New Princes of (K-)Pop

Since late 2017, the Korean boy band BTS (Korean acronym for Bulletproof Boy Scouts) has shattered expectations about what a k-pop group can achieve on the world stage.

How have BTS succeeded where their counterparts haven’t? Why do they attract fascination and fanaticism around the world? Many point to how personal their lyrics are. Bridget Dalton recites two songs in English for uninitiated content readers, with a written introduction by Michelle Fan.

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Trust Issues: Screening The Getty Dynasty

Danny Boyle’s TV portrait of the House of Getty and the kidnap of its youngest member illuminates the emotional deficits, and Midas touch, often interwoven in the glory of dynastic success.

Nancy Hervey | ʀᴇᴀᴅ

The King is Dead

From The Golden Bough to a gold-plated Trump tower, the figure of the sacrificial ruler has always proven fertile ground for cultural rituals and storytelling.

J Austen | READ

Nihon ~ the final flourish

The intimate collisions of heritage and modernity in Osaka and beyond.

Photography by Molly Arnthal | VIEW

where the sea meets the sky

Poetry by Esme Alder | READ

 
 
 

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