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14 Sep

Why trans persons are finding power and place in

Why trans persons are finding power and place in
Priestess, sorceress and spellcaster Isabella Greenwood speaks to trans witches about how their craft and gender identity complement and inform one another Witchcraft is, in its purest essence, queer. It's a practice that affirms reference to our truest selves, while also superseding oppressive, patriarchal and heteronormative hierarchies. It's a practice that encourages authentic self-expression in addition to providing tools for self-preservation, should that self-expression be threatened. It is usually something that has historically protected minority groups, and given power to those that needed it essentially the most.  As a spiritual practice that requires honest and unbridled expression of oneself, it is not any surprise that throughout history there have been several recorded accounts of...
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14 Sep

How persons are using genital piercings to affirm their

How persons are using genital piercings to affirm their
Many trans people discover a profound sense of healing through ‘genital biohacking’, with piercings which can be difficult to find elsewhere If the phrase ‘genital biohacking’ incites visions of sex robots or a unadorned Gwyneth Paltrow in her laboratory, it’s not your fault. A fast Google search reveals results which can be, at best, weird and, at worst, stuff Edward Scissorhands would find hard to swallow. In point of fact, biohacking covers any DIY practice done for biological performance or health enhancement, including modifying your genitals with piercings. This isn’t just “a latest weird thing young persons are doing”, Lynn Loheide, a non-binary skilled piercer and ‘body modification historian’ tells Dazed. Genital biohacking “can...
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13 Sep

Why neurodivergent individuals are self-medicating with weed

Why neurodivergent individuals are self-medicating with weed
A recent poll has found that 1.8 million people within the UK are self-medicating using cannabis, a 29 per cent rise from 2019 27-year-old Eve began self-medicating with cannabis on the age of 19, shortly after receiving an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis. “Autism makes it very difficult for me to precise my feelings and I even have a really low tolerance for discomfort or frustration – cannabis helps me calm myself down and feel more relaxed in my body,” she tells Dazed. “I struggle with anxiety and sensory issues too; noise, light, touch [...
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8 Sep

‘Smartphone face’: why do some people look more modern

‘Smartphone face’: why do some people look more modern
We investigate what exactly makes an actor seem like they've ‘seen a smartphone’, and why some faces just don’t seem believable in period movies Dakota Johnson within the film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Timothée Chalamet as King Henry V, all the forged of Daisy Jones & the Six – what have they got in common? All have been deemed by the web as looking too modern to believably act in period pieces. More specifically, all have been accused of getting faces that seem like they know what some form of contemporary technology is, from smartphones to the web to air fryers. Or, as one person said about Camila Morrone, “she looks like...
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