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Nika's avatar

"cracking off a glittering exoskeleton" and "I want Y2K frosty futurism to have a baby with grimy indie sleaze, leave that baby in the woods, and watch the baby grow up to be queen of the stink bugs." are perfect masterpieces of literary joy and specificity...and I, although an avid Beetlejuice fan, am not even into beetlecore at all, just truly enjoyed the writing!

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MacKinley Jade's avatar

i cannot say thank you enough for your kind words!! this comment made my day (week, month, etc.) i appreciate you reading so much <3

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Nika's avatar

ohhh, glad 💕 looking forward to ur next posts!

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ViRGENCiTA's avatar

I’ve been noticing this trend with the rise of silver mary janes (which I managed to cop serendipitously at a thrift months ago, but tore after 3 wears ): ) but I couldn’t articulate what was distinct about it from metallic trends of recent memory… It wasn’t quite industrial, not quite Matrix-y, not quite og Urban Decay… if anything, I was getting a spiritual connection to the 60s electronic group Silver Apples, and the images conjured of the natural combined with the mechanical. What is a beetle except nature’s most steampunk creature… I love an iridescent buggy eyeshadow/nail polish lewk myself, as a yearlong wine-on-the-vine color palette enthusiast. I am so glad you made the comparison to Y2k metallics. Beetlecore feels like the natural synthesis of the divergent Y2kmania and goblincore/grunge fairy trends from the last few years!

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MacKinley Jade's avatar

ugh love all of this! og urban decay was such a moment. i miss her dearly. "nature's most steampunk creature" is incredible. it's so fascinating how trends and aesthetics are colliding and evolving encouraged by fast algorithms and the tendency to -core. y2k + grunge fairy is such a good way of putting it! thank you for such a thoughtful reply!

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Victoria's avatar

Count me in to venturing into beetledom with you 🪲🪲🪲

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MacKinley Jade's avatar

shotgun reserved for you!

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Hugh McAlpine's avatar

Great read! I particularly like the comment on fashion drawing on practicality of nature 🍃

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ruby's avatar

ohhh i loveeeee this!! especially the paragraph of nye and shedding our exoskeletons 🪲 such clever, fun, punchy writing !! love thinking about iridescent sheens, organzas and metallics as buggy !!

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MacKinley Jade's avatar

thank you that is so kind!!!! :’) do you have any closet staples that are metallic or iridescent??

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eira's avatar

as always, your pieces mix well-thought out research, personal insights and experiences, and of course funny af comments (I was specifically hollering at the “when Cain killed Abel for spilling red lipstick in his white Valentino bag” lmao)

I am wearing my Beetlejuice earrings to dinner on Tuesday in honour of your piece this week 🪲

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MacKinley Jade's avatar

somehow i knew when writing that line that you’d like it!! send pic of beetlejuice earrings plssss 🪲🪱🕷️

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Rebecca Rollolazo's avatar

For as long as I remember I’ve worshipped beetlely iridescent pieces. In 1999 manipulated my dad into buying me 4 inch platform Sketchers— sparkly iridescent black …wish I still had them to display in my house

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