issue 5
DYNASTY
‘The text is a practice that could be compared to political revolution: the one brings about in the subject what the other introduces into society.’
- Julia Kristeva, Revolution in Poetic Language, 1984
“…in the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.”
- Gianni Versace, 1997
𝒮𝓊𝓇𝑔𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔
A conversation with Athena Papadopoulos, pt. 2.
“I’ve always found that I’ll imagine something more morose behind the veneer of perfection.”
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Song of Myself - Or, The New Princes of (K-)Pop
How have BTS succeeded where their counterparts haven’t? Why do they attract fascination and fanaticism around the world? Many point to how personal their lyrics are. Bridget Dalton recites two songs in English for uninitiated content readers, with a written introduction by Michelle Fan.