This week, Alexi is joined by music critic and columnist Ella Dorn to unpack her viral essay declaring Giallobrutalism as the defining visual language of mid-2020s pop, informed by the stylish delirium of Italian giallo cinema and a pervasive unease about surveillance and stardom.
In this week’s episode, we discuss the legacy of Floptropica, the absurdist, queer world-building experiment that flourished during the first years of TikTok, populated by unhinged characters from funeral home directors to ultra-vulgar rappers and characterized by lurid, aggressively overprocessed imagery.
In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the questionable decisions behind the scenes of the Possession remake, the historical accuracy cottage industry reactivated by the release of The Odyssey, the latest in infidelity surveillance via Jay Guapo, and new releases from Adela, Tyla, and KATSEYE.
In this episode, the ladies welcome America’s favorite game show host Ben Mora for a survey of the interior design landscape among Millennials and Gen Z.
This week, Biz is joined by beloved perfumer Marissa Zappas and cult actress and shop-gal Ruby McCollister to talk the gamification of fragrance culture, the Ozempic-gourmand myth, Gen Z’s oral frustration and the rise of sensory experiences as an extension of self.