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Art

Hip hop photography, remixed by iconic graffiti artists

The mash-up — Legendary New York photographer Janette Beckman hands her work over to the world’s biggest streets artists for new project, The Mash-Up.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Film

What Netflix did next: cucks & the Coen brothers

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into Netflix’s Original releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and – you guessed it – another David Spade film.

Written by: Megan Nolan

Photography

Documenting the dark side of ’80s Florida

A peculiar paradise — Photographer Nathan Benn paints a complex and surreal picture of his native state in the newly resurfaced project, A Peculiar Paradise.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Inside America’s abandoned ‘Jewish utopia’

The Borscht Belt — The Borscht Belt – otherwise known as the ‘Jewish Alps’ – was a New York holiday resort which was formed in response to rising anti-Semitism. Now, it lies deserted.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Formerly incarcerated women on life after life

In the bedroom — Former defence attorney Sara Bennett captures women who have been released after serving long sentences in maximum-security prisons.

Written by: Eva Clifford

Activism

Hope and heartbreak: how Texas almost made history

America goes to the polls — The Democrats were betting on Beto O’Rourke to bring liberal values and progressivism to one of the reddest states in America. But are residents really ready for such a ‘Bold Vision’ of Texas?

Written by: Cameron Maynard

Travel

Liberty City: documenting life in Florida’s forgotten utopia

The Travel Diary — Photographer Nicholas Small uncovers the history of the infamous Miami neighbourhood.

Written by: Nicholas Small

Music

‘I want to show what it means to be two-spirit and trans’

The queer magic of Mich Cota — Raised in a deeply religious home in Canada by a native father and white mother, Mich Cota makes eerie, spiritual music that weaves its way between two worlds.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Photography

Swords, dragons & fire-eating: On tour with a US sideshow

World of wonders — Photographer Cate Dingley spends time on the road with Ward Hall’s World of Wonders: the last ever touring sideshow in the country.

Written by: Cate Dingley

Photography

Inside the dark, depraved world of US frat culture

American ultra — Photographer Andrew Moisey explores the rituals, texts and initiations of American fraternities: breeding grounds for aggressive, toxic masculinity.

Written by: Huck

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