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Kluster Collectif X Hors Sol: The Day Paris Nightlife Clicked
Kluster Collectif X Hors Sol: The Day Paris Nightlife Clicked by Elene Datusani More than a month has passed since that day, and I still find myself returning to it. Not out of nostalgia, but because something about that day felt different. It was one of the first moments in Paris where the nightlife scene…
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“I Get Paid by Men to Bully Them”: Inside Georgia’s Hidden World of Online Domination
“I Get Paid by Men to Bully Them”: Inside Georgia’s Hidden World of Online Domination by Sopho Kharazi Note: For privacy and safety reasons, all names in this article have been changed. Stop everything, ladies. I have found our dream job. You wake up. You roll over. You open your phone. Before your first coffee,…
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Validity of Anger and Sheriffs of Morality
Validity of Anger and Sheriffs of Morality by Ani Tenieshvili I dreamed I was a seagull, soaring over the city. Nowadays, I only return to my childhood home in my dreams. In Batumi, the roof of the Soviet apartment block across from my old house was the primary sanctuary for seagulls-and perhaps it still is.…
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10 Best Films of 2025
10 Best Films of 2025 by Leo Mikaia Have I seen all the films from the past year? Of course not. Have I seen enough to be making a list like this? Probably not. But I have seen a decent number of pictures that I really loved, and I feel confident I can pick a…
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Let’s Talk About Female Fantasies
Let’s Talk About Female Fantasies by Sopho Kharazi What do you fantasize about when you want to heat things up in bed? What can make you come in a split second? What turns you on? What do you crave, lack, desire? And how do you feel after the rush of orgasm, once the fantasies recede?…
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Bassiani: Before the City Returns
Bassiani: Before the City Returns by Elene Datusani After moving to Paris, I’m rarely in Tbilisi, though I still return during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Shortly after arriving this time, I saw that Bashkka, a DJ I deeply like, was playing at Bassiani in Horoom, under Hydrash, a queer-led event promising intensity, dizziness,…
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It Was Just an Accident: Footsteps of Fear and Power in Iran and Beyond
It Was Just an Accident: Footsteps of Fear and Power in Iran and Beyond by Sopho Kharazi Note. If you are reading this, be prepared for spoilers. That said, I highly recommend stopping here, watching the movie, and then coming back. I recently watched Jafar Panahi’s new film It Was Just an Accident. It left me…
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We Bleed Glamour: Inside the Georgian Drag Ball
We Bleed Glamour: Inside the Georgian Drag Ball by Sopho Kharazi Note: My writing style in this article is influenced by Chuck Palahniuk. Inspired by his raw, fragmented storytelling, I consciously echo his novels’ rhythm and intensity, letting the text move the way the night itself moved during the Ball. Prologue Give me lust, baby.Flash.Give…
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To Those Who Care More Easily – Margaret (2011)
To Those Who Care More Easily – Margaret (2011) by Leo Mikaia Have you ever felt like you are the only one in the world blessed with having consciousness? That your arguments are indestructible, that you possess the rarest skill, the ability to feel and distinguish right from wrong, only for everything to come crashing…
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From Georgia and Beyond: Exploring Cross Cultural Chairs with Matteo Guarnaccia
From Georgia and Beyond: Exploring Cross Cultural Chairs with Matteo Guarnaccia by Sopho Kharazi © Sharaf Naghiyeva Interest in the rituals, hierarchies, and cultural codes embedded in everyday life led a Sicilian-born designer Matteo Guarnaccia to create Cross Cultural Chairs (CCC), a project that explores social and cultural differences by examining how people sit, gather,…
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