Laura Pitcher

1 week ago | dazeddigital.com | Laura Pitcher

The first time you hear a snippet of the Upstairs Neighbors podcast may not be on Spotify, YouTube or Apple Podcasts, but on TikTok – although it may take you a couple of seconds to catch on to what they’re talking about. As fans in their comments put it, co-hosts Dom Roberts and Maya Umemoto Gorman speak in “code” or “riddles” filled with internet speak. You might hear them reference a viral video before you’ve even come across it, and yet their sarcastic humour always seems to be in sync.

1 week ago | dazeddigital.com | Laura Pitcher

At the end of our five-year relationship, my ex suggested that it was my concerns around his loyalty that caused him to cheat in our relationship. In other words, I thought his infidelity into existence (or manifested it). It’s a concept I initially rolled my eyes at, then forgot about entirely, until recently, when The Wizard Liz revealed online that she’d been cheated on while pregnant by YouTuber Landon Nickerson.

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Laura Pitcher

Proceeds from the sale of the reworked version, which includes words like ‘climate change’, ‘immigrants’ and ‘uterus’, will be donated to the reproductive rights nonprofit Noise For Now At 72 years old, few musicians have had the enduring appeal of Sonic Youth star Kim Gordon. Last year, she released her second solo album, The Collective, finding new fans on TikTok with trap beats and stream-of-consciousness lyrics.

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Laura Pitcher

4 Images Before Japanese artist Ancco was making “evil family” sculptures for Heaven by Marc Jacobs, she worked predominantly as a digital artist. Before that, she was a girl who loved being on the computer, growing up in the countryside of Ibaraki. “My hometown has a really limited population and my father is a farmer,” she says. “That’s why I got so into computers.” Both Ancco’s drawings and ceramics reflect this deeply nostalgic approach to being online.

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Laura Pitcher

Author Upasna Barath thinks of relationships as unique recipes, and considers timing to be one of the key ingredients. In her debut novel, Comedic Timing, she set an unexpected connection against the backdrop of New York. The book is filled with all the anxieties, conflicts and identity crises that come with dating in your mid-twenties, but it’s ultimately a story of romance and friendship.