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Asena Kaya Karaca

Asena studied literature & cultural heritage. She explores culture through a creative lens.

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🌀 Gym Culture & Strength Signaling

Apr 10, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Gym Culture & Strength Signaling

From tribal arenas to digital feeds.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

🌀 The Body Is the New Temple

Apr 3, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 The Body Is the New Temple

How modern wellness replaced faith with routine

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

🌀 The Ceremony of Everything

Mar 27, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 The Ceremony of Everything

When Every Moment is Sacred, Nothing Is

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

🌀 Nomadism: From Tents to Airbnbs

Mar 20, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Nomadism: From Tents to Airbnbs

Belonging Without Staying

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Safety Theatre: The Cameras Are Watching (Probably)

Mar 13, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Safety Theatre: The Cameras Are Watching (Probably)

The performance of security replaces the practice of it

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 The Choreography of Your Commute

Mar 6, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 The Choreography of Your Commute

The Hidden Rituals Inside Everyday Movement

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

🌀 Where Everybody Knows Your Username

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
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Influencer Alchemy: Identity Into Income

Feb 20, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Influencer Alchemy: Identity Into Income

How the Self Became a Product

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 The Virtue of Your Shopping Cart

Feb 13, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 The Virtue of Your Shopping Cart

Signaling by Saying "No"

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

🌀 Scarcity Theatre: Drops, Queues, and FOMO

Feb 6, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Scarcity Theatre: Drops, Queues, and FOMO

The Pain of the "Near Miss"

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Why We Buy Stories, Not Things

Jan 30, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Why We Buy Stories, Not Things

Exploring the hidden anthropology of our modern shopping carts.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 AI Companions: Friendship and Future Selves

Jan 23, 2026

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9 min read

🌀 AI Companions: Friendship and Future Selves

How algorithms are reshaping friendship, care, and connection

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Quantified Self: Step Counts, Soul Counts

Jan 16, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Quantified Self: Step Counts, Soul Counts

When Self-Knowledge Turns into Self-Surveillance

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Algorithmic Fate: Do Feeds Choose for Us?

Jan 9, 2026

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9 min read

🌀 Algorithmic Fate: Do Feeds Choose for Us?

The hidden math behind your scrolling habits.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Filters & Facades: The Aesthetics of Authenticity

Jan 2, 2026

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9 min read

🌀 Filters & Facades: The Aesthetics of Authenticity

How digital masks are redefining the self

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 The Architecture of Watching

Dec 26, 2025

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8 min read

🌀 The Architecture of Watching

The Hidden Surveillance Logic of Modern Work and Cubicals

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 The Noonday Demon

Dec 19, 2025

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9 min read

🌀 The Noonday Demon

Burnout and the Loss of Inner Time

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Meetings as Modern Rituals

Dec 12, 2025

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8 min read

🌀 Meetings as Modern Rituals

A Study of Why We Still Show Up

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Work as Worship: Sacred Time vs. Slack Pings

Dec 5, 2025

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9 min read

Work as Worship: Sacred Time vs. Slack Pings

The Lost Art of Being Off

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Fandom as Faith: Pilgrimages, Relics, and Lore

Nov 28, 2025

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9 min read

Fandom as Faith: Pilgrimages, Relics, and Lore

How Modern Fandom Turns Devotion into Collective Meaning

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Asena Kaya Karaca, +2

Culture

Cancel Culture as Digital Shaming

Nov 21, 2025

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7 min read

Cancel Culture as Digital Shaming

Why Digital Shame Fails as Correction

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

Status Games: Blue Ticks, Luxury, and Clout

Nov 14, 2025

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8 min read

Status Games: Blue Ticks, Luxury, and Clout

How we turned recognition into a subscription.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

Internet Tribes: From Totems to Discord Servers

Nov 7, 2025

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10 min read

Internet Tribes: From Totems to Discord Servers

Do you know where you belong to?

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
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Culture

The Tyranny of the Red Dot

Oct 31, 2025

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9 min read

The Tyranny of the Red Dot

Notifications: The shackles of our digital existence.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Strangers Who Feel Like Friends

Oct 24, 2025

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8 min read

Strangers Who Feel Like Friends

Why we love YouTubers

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1
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