‘Accept your ugly’: I tried ‘beauty shadow work’ to help my self-esteem

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Embarrassingly, I started surfing lessons because it’s sexy. My self-esteem was low, and signing up I could already see it: glossy wetsuit half unzipped, salty droplets articulating the curves of my face and bikini top, my…

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Pillion, a gay biker romcom dubbed a ‘BDSM Wallace and Gromit’

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Is it a romcom or, as Alexander Skarsgård calls it, a domcom? Either way, Pillion, the debut feature from writer-director Harry Lighton, isn’t a typical British love story, even if its central relationship develops in the…

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Horoscopes December 2025: Expect fun, flirting and major plot twists

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Grace McGrade is an intuitive astrologer based in Los Angeles. She is the head astrologer of the app “Stars Align”. Her sessions include birth chart readings, transits, energetic clearings and psychic consultations. For more astrology, read…

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10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In many ways, Yung Lean is music’s ultimate outsider. Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, he gleaned hip-hop culture from a distance, studying the likes of Nas, 50 Cent and local act The Latin Kings before…

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Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, and Coco Jones to Perform at 2026 Super Bowl Pregame

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Puth will deliver “The Star-Spangled Banner,” while Carlile is performing “America the Beautiful” Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-12-01 05:01:24. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

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Aphex Twin’s SoundCloud Updated With Two Songs: Listen

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Zahl am1 live track 1” and a track that appears to be an alternate version appeared on the user18081971 account page Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-11-30 22:40:59. Read the full story on pitchfork.com →…

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