Online Culture

The Internet Used to Be Embarrassing and That’s Why It Was Good

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 28, 2026
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Custom profiles, terrible edits, fan pages and glitter GIFs. When did being online become so concerned with looking cool?

Vent Your Feelings to Strangers on Teethparty

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 28, 2026
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Meet the designer turning strangers into confidants, one toothfairy at a time.

Bring Your Nintendo 3DS to Mii&Greet, the Party Keeping StreetPass Alive

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 22, 2026
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New York’s Mii&Greet is giving us a very good reason to find our chargers. Let's hope they still work because you'll want to charge up your 2012 handheld companion for this.

Habbo x Neopets is the Crossover Nobody Saw Coming

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 19, 2025
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When two icons of early internet life collide, magic happens. Habbo Hotel and Neopets have teamed up for a crossover bursting with pixel nostalgia, pet companions, and collectible chaos. It’s more than a campaign: it’s a time capsule from 2005, reborn for the players who never really logged out.

What Happened to Habbo? Habbo Hotel Turns 25

By Jenny O'Connor ★ August 5, 2025
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Habbo Hotel turns 25 this year, marking a chaotic legacy of furniture scams, controversy, internet infamy and unexpected survival. Once a hotspot, it faced near collapse – but it's still online, and still finding ways to reinvent itself for a new generation.

Inside the Polly Pocket Compact… and Beyond the Designer Toy Boom

By Jenny O'Connor ★ July 19, 2025
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This week’s Polly Pocket × GCDS compact isn’t just a nostalgic nod; it’s launching amid a flourishing designer toy scene. From Pop Mart’s Space Molly and sculptural Hironō to the gentle glow of Smiskis and TikTok’s Sonny Angel wave, miniature toys have become fashionable companions, mood activators and little cultural icons.

Has the Girl’s Girl Become the New Pick-Me Girl?

By Belle Law ★ July 17, 2025
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Is this the disguised weapon against the divine feminine?

Tumblr’s Princess of Pop: MARINA Returns

By Jenny O'Connor ★ June 10, 2025
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MARINA’s Princess of Pop sparkles with nostalgic synths and playful hyperfemininity. It’s a vibrant, sometimes cheesy, love letter to Tumblr-era melodrama, blending honeyed vocals with neon-bright metaphors. Not perfect, but utterly her — a bold, unapologetic celebration of pop’s glittery, chaotic heart.

Inside The Face at the National Portrait Gallery

By Belle Law ★ April 15, 2025
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While everyone’s busy chasing nostalgia, The Face exhibition reminds us that the real magic was in its chaotic, collaborative spirit — part fashion shoot, part cultural time bomb.

Diva Detected: Florence the Diva Will See You Now

By Jenny O'Connor ★ April 8, 2025
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From childhood dress-up games to full-blown diva domination, Florence the Diva has crafted a world where chaos reigns, fashion rules don’t exist, and confidence is everything. In this bold Q&A, she lets us into her glitter-drenched universe—complete with scandalous accessories, time travel fantasies, and her unapologetically unfiltered outlook.

The Internet Used to Be Embarrassing and That’s Why It Was Good

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 28, 2026
ᯓ★
Custom profiles, terrible edits, fan pages and glitter GIFs. When did being online become so concerned with looking cool?

Vent Your Feelings to Strangers on Teethparty

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 28, 2026
ᯓ★
Meet the designer turning strangers into confidants, one toothfairy at a time.

Bring Your Nintendo 3DS to Mii&Greet, the Party Keeping StreetPass Alive

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 22, 2026
ᯓ★
New York’s Mii&Greet is giving us a very good reason to find our chargers. Let's hope they still work because you'll want to charge up your 2012 handheld companion for this.

Habbo x Neopets is the Crossover Nobody Saw Coming

By Jenny O'Connor ★ October 19, 2025
ᯓ★
When two icons of early internet life collide, magic happens. Habbo Hotel and Neopets have teamed up for a crossover bursting with pixel nostalgia, pet companions, and collectible chaos. It’s more than a campaign: it’s a time capsule from 2005, reborn for the players who never really logged out.

What Happened to Habbo? Habbo Hotel Turns 25

By Jenny O'Connor ★ August 5, 2025
ᯓ★
Habbo Hotel turns 25 this year, marking a chaotic legacy of furniture scams, controversy, internet infamy and unexpected survival. Once a hotspot, it faced near collapse – but it's still online, and still finding ways to reinvent itself for a new generation.

Inside the Polly Pocket Compact… and Beyond the Designer Toy Boom

By Jenny O'Connor ★ July 19, 2025
ᯓ★
This week’s Polly Pocket × GCDS compact isn’t just a nostalgic nod; it’s launching amid a flourishing designer toy scene. From Pop Mart’s Space Molly and sculptural Hironō to the gentle glow of Smiskis and TikTok’s Sonny Angel wave, miniature toys have become fashionable companions, mood activators and little cultural icons.

Has the Girl’s Girl Become the New Pick-Me Girl?

By Belle Law ★ July 17, 2025
ᯓ★
Is this the disguised weapon against the divine feminine?

Tumblr’s Princess of Pop: MARINA Returns

By Jenny O'Connor ★ June 10, 2025
ᯓ★ ᯓ★
MARINA’s Princess of Pop sparkles with nostalgic synths and playful hyperfemininity. It’s a vibrant, sometimes cheesy, love letter to Tumblr-era melodrama, blending honeyed vocals with neon-bright metaphors. Not perfect, but utterly her — a bold, unapologetic celebration of pop’s glittery, chaotic heart.

Inside The Face at the National Portrait Gallery

By Belle Law ★ April 15, 2025
ᯓ★ ᯓ★
While everyone’s busy chasing nostalgia, The Face exhibition reminds us that the real magic was in its chaotic, collaborative spirit — part fashion shoot, part cultural time bomb.

Diva Detected: Florence the Diva Will See You Now

By Jenny O'Connor ★ April 8, 2025
ᯓ★ ᯓ★
From childhood dress-up games to full-blown diva domination, Florence the Diva has crafted a world where chaos reigns, fashion rules don’t exist, and confidence is everything. In this bold Q&A, she lets us into her glitter-drenched universe—complete with scandalous accessories, time travel fantasies, and her unapologetically unfiltered outlook.