Fall Risk (2024): Between a Collapsing Body and Deceptive Solidarity, Within the Cracks of Rupture
In our most vulnerable moments, we often entrust our survival to the goodwill of others. But what if the only hand supporting you was actually an invisible restraint pushing you toward the edge…
Love Bites: Stand-In Love, Genuine Desires Hidden Behind the Name of ‘Practice’
We often borrow the shield of ‘practice’ to avoid revealing our true hearts. This defense mechanism, born from a desire to remain unhurt, sometimes leads us to place those closest to us on…
[Whale Store xoxo] An Anthropological Reflection: Crossing Waves of Loss to Reach a Sanctuary in One Another
Isolation sometimes becomes a fortress that protects us, yet within its walls, we gradually wear away. It is only when a stranger—a “different” presence—dismantles those walls and enters that we truly realize how…
Black Mirror: Hotel Reverie | Existential Solitude and Queer Solidarity Between Two Women in Frozen Time
💭 We believe that technology will fill every deficiency, but the perfect virtuality it provides often plunges us into the most devastating solitude. Black Mirror (Season 7) episode Hotel Reverie borrows the classical…
The Hunting Wives: A Portrait of Deviation Encountered Within Texas’s Glamorous Trap
The existential emptiness felt by women within isolated communities often erupts into dangerous alliances. The glamorous social circles of Eastbrook, Texas, encountered by Sophie O’Neil, are not merely elite gatherings but closer to…
Losing Control: The Atypical Framework of Emotions Unswallowed by Grand Capital
We often believe that by purchasing someone’s time, we can possess their heart as well. Especially in modern society, where deprivation is a daily occurrence, ‘money’ becomes the easiest form of consolation and…
