If you’re caught wearing a Hells Angel vest by a real member, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in the infirmary. Within the club, the insignia symbolizes years of loyalty, labor, and violence. The vest–or “cuts,” as members call them–carries a quasi-religious weight, signifying not just identity, but initiation.
Greta Liu
When Jeremy Bentham designed the panopticon, he imagined inmates trapped in a circular prison, constantly visible from the central guard tower but never certain if they were being watched. What he didn’t imagine? A sun-soaked villa in Mallorca, filled with spray-tanned singles competing for love, fame, and a hundred-thousand-dollar prize.