Horror Tag
Donβt look at me
βBeing perceivedβ¦ how do u stop that,β one person tweets out into the void. βIβm so sick of being perceived I literally cannot cope with people having an opinion of me,β one other adds. βI wanna delete all the pieces, I need to deactivate every social media Iβve ever had in my entire life. I need every trace of me to be gone and I donβt wanna be perceived,β a preferred soundbite on TikTok, originally from @jacobvanlue, ruminates. The notion that all and sundry we encounter holds a distinct perception of us, beyond our control, is unsettling, even a little bit horrifying. Yet, being perceived by others is an...
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Hairstylist Yuho Kamoβs debut zine HAIRMASTER β made with distorted imagery and disturbing CGI β is all about βthe scary taboos in underground Londonβ
For Yuho Kamo, hairstyling is a type of destruction. Distorted and deviant, his experimental work draws on counter-cultural references and bad taste to supply an antidote to the tasteless and standard hair that dominates the mainstream. Itβs a method that has seen him tapped for collaboration with the likes of Heaven by Marc Jacobs, Rina Sawayama, and Megumu for i-D Japan. Now, the Japanese hairstylist is releasing a recent zine, HAIRMASTER, and itβs his most radical work yet.Β
Photographed and directed by Kamo, HAIRMASTER is packed stuffed with styles cut...
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Full of cannibals, vampires and murderers who devour and indulge to the purpose of excess, the horror genre allows women to be free from restriction and appetite suppression
βWhy be miserable when you may just have lemon cake?β
So says Rashidaβs mom, Jackie (Cree Summer), within the last episode of Janine Nabers and Donald Gloverβs hit horror series Swarm. Within the episode, serial killer Dre (Dominique Fishback) is on to her latest and last alias, now identifying as a masculine-presenting woman named Tony. She meets her girlfriend Rashidaβs (Kiersey Clemons) parents for the primary time, and so they all have dinner together. While the audience is witnessing a radically different side to Dre, the...
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