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CULTURAL COMMENTARY
THE HALL OF MIRRORS, LIZ NEWSOM
Liz Newsom speaks on the algorithms keeping us hooked, the performance of the online self, and what happens when we give so much of our attention away.
THE MOST RADICAL THING YOU CAN DO IS PAY ATTENTION, OLIVIA MUCCIO
Olivia Muccio explores what it means to pay attention in a world that profits from our distraction.
SUPERMARKET BLUES, LIBBY ELLIOTT
Libby Elliott explores the intimacy of supermarket shopping, the small habits that make up a person, and the ordinary details we’re left trying to remember when someone is gone.
THE WORD THEY HATE IS CULTURE, ZITA COLLIER
Zita Collier reflects on the normalisation of misogyny and sexual violence, tracing how individual acts of abuse are enabled by the attitudes, social circles and institutions that surround them.
IN DEFENCE OF AGEING PUNKS USING AI POSTERS, LOUIS SCHEUER
Is AI really the ultimate betrayal of punk, or are we just getting a bit precious about our DIY ethics? Louis Scheuer explores the generational divide in the punk scene, from badly Photoshoped flyers to AI-generated posters, Louis questions who gets to decide what is and isn’t punk.
ALT KILLED THE FREAK, KARLA LATEGAN
What happens to the freak when freakdom becomes a buyable identity?
THE BITCOIN BROTHERHOOD, MAIA APPLEBY MELAMED
Maia explores the strange world of crypto friendship, asking what happens when male bonding are built around money, risk and the shared pursuit of getting rich. From Telegram groups to memecoins, she considers whether men are lonely, or simply finding new ways to be intimate.
ON MAKING MISTAKES, EMER CONNOLLY
Emer Connolly reflects on the inevitability of mistakes, the discomfort of regret, and the importance of self-compassion in how we understand growth.
ROMANTICISATION, ALEC PATROE
Alec shares his thoughts on why we're all trying to make life feel a little more cinematic.
WHAT MY DAD TAUGHT ME ABOUT PAYING ATTENTION, ZITA COLLIER
Zita Collier provides an intimate reflection on how attention, properly understood, is a moral act.
DR. GPT: CAN YOU THERAPIZE ME?, LULA DESOUZA
In her latest Sleaze instalment, Lula explores the moment reassurance slips into addiction—tracing OCD, shame, and the soft glow of a screen that always has an answer. What happens if the real work begins only once nothing replies back?
FOLKLORE IS COUNTERCULTURE
As folklore slips back into the everyday, Rosie McCann traces the soft rebellion of slowing down, touching grass, and finding community where the algorithm can’t reach.
LIFE'S A CIRCUS, HENRI MAGUIRE
“I just want to have fun.” Apparently, this is not a viable life plan.
RECONSIDERING THE LIMBO BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, EMER CONNOLLY
In a return to “Reconsidering the Limbo Between Life and Death,” Emer Connolly reflects on how her understanding of grief has quietly shifted while living alongside a parent’s terminal illness.
WHERE THE PHONES AT?, WENDELA RANG
Wendela Rang takes us back to the fields and dance floors of this summer, identifying a distinct absence of digital presence amongst UK crowds.
THE ERAS OF GEORGIA WOOD, LILY NEWMAN
Sleaze’s Lily Newman sat down with the Queen of Maidstone, Georgia Wood, to discuss all things from Stonehenge to
G-A-Y and her millions of eras in between.
G-A-Y and her millions of eras in between.
DEALING WITH THE LIMBO BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, EMER CONNOLLY
Through moments of humour, reflection, and the quiet strength...
NO WAY HOME, ALEX RALSTON
Alex Ralston explores the transient nature of student living.
ENDNOTES, FRED SHAW
Fred Shaw returns to the pages of Sleaze to offer a thought-provoking exploration of life, death, and love in his latest piece.
PERMISSION TO PARTY, GENEVIEVE STEVENS
Genevieve Stevens reflects upon the undeniable cultural impact of Charli XCX’s album.
'SAY IT WITH ME NOW', DEYANIRA VIELMA
Deyanira bares her soul, writing honestly and openly about the evolution of her name and it’s significance over the years.
THE STRATEGY BEHIND WHAT YOU WEAR, LOUIS SUMMERFIELD
Louis Summerfield traces the remarkable evolution of jeans from humble workwear to global fashion icon.
FORAYS THROUGH FAKE FOREST, NICK HARHALAKIS
Nick Harhalakis takes his reader on a winding path through Chile's past and present.
HANGXIETY, ANASTASIA ROLLAND
Anastasia Rolland reflects on hangxiety, a word that encapsulates that deep, dark feeling of dread that lingers after a night out.
ESSEX IS MY OYSTER, ROSIE MCCANN
Rosie McCann emphasises a slowing down of the pace of life.
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