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Bettie Buio: Control and Surrender in Burlesque and Shibari
Bettie Buio: Control and Surrender in Burlesque and Shibari by Sopho Kharazi Control is something you can construct, rehearse, refine, and repeat until it looks effortless. Surrender is different. It cannot be fully planned. It happens gradually, often unpredictably, and once it begins, it is difficult to reverse. For Letizia, who performs as Bettie Buio,…
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Reasons to Pick Up a Camera According to Love & Pop
Reasons to Pick Up a Camera According to “Love & Pop” by Leo Mikaia Even the most horrific times of your life have stuff worth capturing. And as I’ve come to learn from my favorite coming-of-age films, being a 16-year-old high school girl has got to be up there with the most horrific experiences. Director…
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Who Said Love Was Harmonious?
Who Said Love Was Harmonious? by Ani Tenieshvili © Elene Datusani In recent years, talking about love has become strangely superficial and sterilized. If we are to believe books, movies, or the ubiquitous social media “influencers,” an ideal relationship is a silent, harmonious convergence of two people, where any disagreement is merely a failure of…
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On the Hidden Beauty of Ironing
On the Hidden Beauty of Ironing by Youssef Angiari © Elene Datusani There are few household chores as universally detested as ironing. It sits somewhere between cleaning the bathroom and washing dishes in the hierarchy of domestic annoyances. Yet I want to suggest something counterintuitive: that ironing, properly understood, contains a peculiar beauty; one that…
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Valentin Pitarch: Directing and Animating Beyond the Algorithm
Valentin Pitarch: Directing and Animating Beyond the Algorithm © Tito Piermarini At 32, Valentin Pitarch, similarly to many contemporary artists, tries to navigate his path between industry and independence, visibility and authenticity, algorithm and creativity. Born in Switzerland to a Swiss father of Italo-Spanish heritage and a French mother, Valentin moved to Paris at eighteen, enrolling…
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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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