The Best of Dazed
10+ most popular Dazed articles, as voted by our community.
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Dazed on Beauty
Beauty gap: how the cost of living crisis is ruining women’s confidence
As we re-evaluate our spending and sort our purchases into needs and wants, beauty can feel hard to place
Who gets to age successfully?
Messages about embracing ageing are important and valuable, but what type of ageing are we being asked to embrace, and who gets left behind?
«Ageing is a privilege we are encouraged to see as a problem, so learning to embrace the inevitable is important. However, we must be critical of the type of ageing we are asked to accept uncritically. The kind of ageing that is fixated on beauty, prioritises individualism over community care (or a literal National Care Service) and suggests that disability is a failure.»
Dazed on Career
More and more young people feel trapped in jobs they hate
Youth employment rates have stabilised since 2020 – but many of us are still struggling in the post-pandemic job market
Dazed on LGBTQIA
The identity-affirming power of LGBTQ+ hairdressers
Not just for haircuts, a rising number of queer salons are offering safe spaces for people to figure out their identity and what it might look like
Dazed on Music
Should we use AI to bring musicians back from the dead?
AI has helped create ‘new’ songs from the likes of Amy Winehouse and is now being used to produce a final Beatles song – but is it ethical to tamper with the legacies of late musicians?
Doja Cat’s bald ambition: rap’s rebel gets real
The enigmatic star reflects on her reinventions and what it means to be in the spotlight during this age of pop culture
Dazed on Space
From the cosmic cliffs to the Hand of God: unpicking the poetry of space
How do the intergalactic objects captured by the James Webb Space Telescope get their names? We asked astronomer Bob Fosbury, AKA the man who christened the Cartwheel Galaxy
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In defence of pigeons
Winged rats or war heroes? A life-changing trip to Atelier Gardens in Berlin forces James Greig to confront his own prejudices about the too-often-maligned bird – here, he encourages us to do the same
Why is there so much fake news on beauty TikTok?
From hormone-disrupting haircare to DIY sunscreens, beauty influencers are spreading lies on social media – and it’s becoming increasingly dangerous for our health
«Hank Davis, author of Caveman Logic: The Persistence Of Primitive Thinking In A Modern World»
How young, religious LGBTQ+ people are reconciling their identities
There’s no ‘right way’ to be a queer person of faith
Intere-sting! Jellyfish hair is making waves in the beauty world
A little bit mullet, a little bit hime: we take a deep dive investigation into the trending hairstyle
Receipts culture has gone too far
We’ve all taken a screenshot of a cringe Tinder profile or an annoying tweet – but is relentlessly surveilling each other doing any good?
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