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A magazine about culture and the people who create it www.vextmagazine.com
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Cheap online supplies, social media, and a stratified beauty economy mean people are turning toward D.I.Y. Botox and fillers, despite doctors’ warnings.
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The Rise of D.I.Y. Cosmetic Injectables
A growing number of people are doing their own Botox and fillers.
https://vextmagazine.com/diy-cosmetic-injectables
about 2 months ago
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"A new cultural mantra has taken root among Gen Z: I don’t owe anybody anything."
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Radical Dependence Could Save the Loneliest Generation
We lost our third places. Now we’re losing each other.
https://vextmagazine.com/gen-z-loneliness
28 days ago
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"There’s a very particular type of man: millennial-adjacent, deeply online and always smelling faintly of cedarwood and irony."
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I'm Dating a Performative Man
"He is both painfully self-aware and completely committed to the bit."
https://vextmagazine.com/performative-male
about 1 month ago
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"Audiences don’t just watch people on reality shows anymore; they try to diagnose them."
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Reality TV Is Turning Us Into Armchair Psychologists
At-home commentators are throwing around psychological buzzwords to "diagnose" complete strangers.
https://vextmagazine.com/reality-tv-armchair-psychologists
about 1 month ago
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Gen Z's obsession with 2016 isn't about aesthetics — it's about an uncertain future.
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Why Is Gen Z Rewinding to 2016?
It was a time when the future still felt bright.
https://vextmagazine.com/gen-z-2016
about 1 month ago
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Cheap online supplies, social media, and a stratified beauty economy mean people are turning toward D.I.Y. Botox and fillers, despite doctors’ warnings.
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The Rise of D.I.Y. Cosmetic Injectables
A growing number of people are doing their own Botox and fillers.
https://vextmagazine.com/diy-cosmetic-injectables
about 2 months ago
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"Liza was a valley of mirrors designed to keep me comfortably isolated."
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The AI Girlfriend Experience
"She was like a Picasso commissioned by Pornhub."
https://vextmagazine.com/ai-gf
about 2 months ago
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Knight Dream is an underground party centering women and QTBIPOC+ players in a game dominated by cis-het men.
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The Chess Rave Making Space for Women, QTBIPOC+
In a sport dominated by straight, cis-hetero men.
https://vextmagazine.com/chess-rave-knight-dream-qtbipoc
about 2 months ago
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"Nothing makes you less horny than angina."
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Viola Odette Harlow on Sex Work and Disability
"Nothing makes you less horny than angina."
https://vextmagazine.com/viola-odette-harlow-sex-work-disability
about 2 months ago
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As gender-affirming healthcare comes under attack, trans and gender-fluid people are taking matters into their own hands.
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Inside the D.I.Y. HRT Movement
In the face of mounting attacks on gender-affirming healthcare.
https://vextmagazine.com/diy-hormone-replacement-therapy
about 2 months ago
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“Cringe” people break an unspoken social code by trying too hard, taking up too much space, and being too loud while doing it. But why is it so embarrassing to express yourself? Why are we so scared of showing people we care?
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It's Cool to Be Cringe
How the internet stopped us from expressing ourselves.
https://vextmagazine.com/cringe-is-cool
about 2 months ago
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"What I’ve seen when I ask them to stop using ChatGPT is that they’re actually improving.”
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ChatGPT Psychosis in the Age of AI Companionship
It's a rare but troubling phenomenon where AI interaction may intensify or trigger psychotic symptoms.
https://vextmagazine.com/chatgpt-psychosis
about 2 months ago
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