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Men Looking at Men Looking at Themselves

Men Looking at Men Looking at Themselves

Or: what's wrong with men? Inside the aesthetic panic, algorithmic recursion, and terminal loneliness of modern manhood.

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May 17, 2025
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Selfie in the Machine

Or: The Recursive Gaze, the Discipline Cosplay, and Why Straight Men Are Performing for Each Other in 0.5x Lens with Lemon Ice

It starts, as these things do, with Ashton Hall and a mirror.

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