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Dimes Square (New York City) Columns Culture
I’m just a vessel. Dimes Square and the horrible shell of wisdom

Dimes Square resists definition, operating as a feedback loop of images, discourse and affect. Through Honor Levy’s account, in dialogue with Nell Whittaker, it emerges as a collective rehearsal where irony hardens into structure and the internet becomes lived form, raising questions of authorship, innocence and the desire to exist as a vessel within history.

Written by Nell Whittaker

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Masbate City (Masbate Island) Columns Culture
At The Heart of the Heard

Masbate, one of the largest islands in the Philippine archipelago, revolves around cattle. Bulls, cows and pasture define its culture; ranches span the land, and labour has shaped a landscape marked by centuries of hoofprints. Lassoing, cattle wrestling and horse breaking are not just survival skills, but the basis of a singular public ritual: Southeast Asia’s largest rodeo.

Written by Mark Jerome Torres

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Akihabara (Tokyo) Columns Culture
Most People Already Cosplay: On cosplay,avatars, and the quiet violence of passing as normal

At the intersection of cosplay and concealment, animegao kigurumi reveals how identity shifts through embodiment. By fully erasing the visible self, the practice creates space for behavioral freedom and altered social dynamics. Confidence, gentleness, and play emerge through the mask, showing how identity is shaped in interaction rather than anchored to personal history.

Written by Shayli Harrison

Directed by Alain Parroni

The Prison as a Neighborhood: Inside the Rebibbia Penitentiary Complex