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Fashion & style
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Pantone's 'Cloud Dancer' color party is a recession indicator

Pantone selected Cloud Dancer, a discrete white hue, as 2026 Color of the Year, signaling minimalist aesthetics and potential recession-era cultural shifts.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

'All's Fair' Is an Atrocity

The beauty writer Jessica DeFino refers often to the "mirror world" inside our phone, the uncanny, glistening selfieverse that's also become more real for many of its devotees than the lumpy, blotchy meatspace where the rest of us live. I thought about the mirror world while watching All's Fair, Ryan Murphy's new creative product-I can't call it a television show, because it isn't one.
Television
Coffee
fromMedium
2 months ago

How Starbucks destroyed the "Third Place" and replaced it with protein powder

Starbucks prioritized visual, social-media-friendly menu items and protein drinks while removing communal seating and diminishing classic low-sugar coffee culture.
Photography
fromHer Campus
2 months ago

Creating an Aesthetic Instagram Feed

Vary cover photos, use consistent editing, and draw pose inspiration from Pinterest to create a cohesive, aesthetic Instagram feed.
Books
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

The TikTok Trend of Writing in Margins Is Based on Real Neuroscience

Marginalia—elaborate aesthetic annotations in books—have resurged via social media, mixing historical tradition with cognitive benefits and public debate over value.
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