Lifestyle
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An Overview of the Current BDSM Subcultures
Apart from a few studies, relatively little sociological attention has been accorded the BDSM subculture.
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From Anti-Social Tattoos to Self-Adornment Deviances
Tattooing was once considered a deviant form of self-expression, and has now become a popular form of displaying one’s individuality…
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Steampunk Artistry as the Heart of Victorian Futurism
Steampunk art is based on a fantasy of the future by Victorian society, the realisation of that idea will lay…
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Japanese Gothic Lolitas Doll-like Aesthetics and Sensual Glamour
The aesthetical cuteness is no doubt part of the Japanese Gothic Lolita, and the extensive use of lace and doll-like…
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Middle-class City Mysteries and Porn-Gothic Fiction
The mysterious places in city mysteries novels serve as grounds for the presentation of sensational porn-gothic fiction.
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Homosexual Vampires, Lesbians, and the Dark Ladies
This article discusses Homosexual Vampirism and vicious Dark Maidens in Gothic romantic fiction as a feminist affirmation and as prescriptive,…
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Neo-Victorian Deviants And The Logics Of Perversion
The neo-Victorian transmedia performance of Emilie Autumn, in the light of the “disproportionate attention” given to sensationalist tropes in feminism.
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The Monstrous Science Behind Steampowered Punks
In a time when new and astonishing technological advancements are everyday events, audiences are seeking answers on how to react…
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Understanding The Punk Essence In Neo-Victorianism
Steampunk’s ethos is resistance to a dominant culture but rather than the blatant antagonism of Punk, steampunks choose a more…
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Violent Deaths And The Dark Tourism Phenomenon
As mortal finite beings, as we shall live so we shall die. It is this very premise of the human…
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The Gothic Subculture Versus Merchant’s Abstraction
Starting from an underground subculture that survived when punk faded and changing to a fashion statement intrigued even by Hollywood,…
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The Steampunk Interaction In Fashion Designs
The literary genre and subculture of Steampunk may hold interesting and new perspectives for human machinery and interaction in fictional…
