Culture Decoded

Culture Decoded explains modern life, trends, and behaviors by making complex ideas simple, real, and relatable.

Articles

Culture

Feb 27, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Where Everybody Knows Your Username

Connection in a world without communal spaces

Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Music

Feb 25, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Algorithms on the Charts

The rise of generative music.

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Screen

Feb 23, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 The Barbie Doctrine: How A Plastic Doll Rewrote the Rules of Diplomacy

Whose dream are you living in?

Bahar Kırmaz, +1

Culture

Feb 20, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Influencer Alchemy: Identity Into Income

How the Self Became a Product

Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Music

Feb 18, 2026

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8 min read

🌀How Rap Outgrew Its Own Gold Chain

Why did every rapper start sounding like a millionaire, and why is that era ending?

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Screen

Feb 16, 2026

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6 min read

🌀 The Vought Effect: When the Meltdown Became the Message

The meltdown is the strategy now.

Bahar Kırmaz, +1

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