After years of cultural stagnation, hedonism one could argue, is back: brat summer ignited a fire, The Dare ruled 2024, and indie sleaze—once the grimy, unbothered predecessor to the hyper-curated Instagram era—is resurging with a vengeance.
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The Indie Sleaze Revival Has A Canadian Accent
In 2020, amid the uncertainty of a world paused by a global pandemic, Olivia, a Toronto-based creative, began piecing together a digital archive of a bygone era.
Core Core: Digital & Cultural Malaise on TikTok
A meme from 2011 starts playing, then a clip of an actor crying in a car. A single tear trickles from an anime eye.