Contemporary Classics

Toe Poke: Why Is Foot Fetishism Stepping into the Spotlight?

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Just Between Us… What Is the Secret Appeal of Liminal Spaces?

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Life’s a Beach: What Happens When Opera Washes up at the Seaside?

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Licence to Chill: Why Is Lofi Girl Our Dream Study Partner?

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Julia Fox arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards, March 2022. Photo: Danny Moloshok. Credit: REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo

Performance Anxiety: Will We Ever Meet the Real Julia Fox?

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Crowd and Proud: The History of the Flash Mob

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Smirk of Art: Did Someone Really Invent the Smiley Face?

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Tattoo You: The Rebirth of the Tramp Stamp

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The Trite Stuff: The Rise and Fall of “Live, Laugh, Love”

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Eye Candy: Why Isn’t the Green M&M Sexy Anymore?

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The Golden Meme: Is it Time to Say Yass to Yassification?

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Non-Toxic: How Britney Spears Got Her Smile Back…

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Top of the Poops: Revisiting Matthew Barney’s River of Fundament

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How Crocs Bit Back to Become Fashion’s Favourite Footwear

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How the World Embraced Gelitin’s Gigantic, Very Stinky Bunny

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Welcome to the LOL House: The Cynical Legacy of DIS

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Does Sevdaliza’s New Video Sing a Song of Modern Womanhood?

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When Broad City Stuck a Skewer in Art World Pretentions

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Why Are Ed Templeton’s Teenage Smokers Still So Damned Cool?

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Hot Stuff: The Rise and Rise of the Lao Gan Ma Brand

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How Angry Birds Reshaped the World

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Visual Fast Food? The Sinister Side of Peppa Pig

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The Meaning of #FreeBritney 

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The Design of Reni Eddo–Lodge’s Debut Speaks to the Invisibility of Whiteness

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