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Angelica Frey

The R&D lab of journalist and researcher Angelica Frey. I'll publish articles that fall outside my usual beats or that I want to develop as proof of concept ahead of [commissioned] deeper dives.

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What Kingdom Hearts can teach us about Darkness

Republishing a 2019 essay with a new intro for context that was originally published on Fanbyte (RIP)

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13 days ago
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Nobody in Italy dresses like this

How and why did sexy-cottagecore-lite saturate Italian-inspired moodboards?

In the Year of the Eurosummer 2026, two images of Americans attempting to do “Italian fashion in Italy” are seared in my mind.

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Is "The Siege of Paradise" a Eurosummer documentary or Act I of a doomsday narrative?

I was provided with a screener of The Siege of Paradise. Even though it premiered in June at Tribeca Film Festival, it’s now touring various festivals. I can update this page when I learn more about the next dates. I only got around to writ...

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These three movies prove that Eurosummer can suck, big time.

If Under The Tuscan Sun and the ramshackle dump Diane Lane’s character buys gives you fomo; if you went “why not me” when Lizzie McGuire was picked from a crowd by Paolo; if you cannot understand the checks and balances of Emily Cooper from...

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Unfortunately, "European" Women Hate Their Bodies Too.

Unpacking Italy's twisted body-shaming culture (for women only, of course)

Did you pass the swimsuit test this year?

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