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Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

Celine Saintclare Recommends Mona Awad, Emma Cline, Frances Cha, and More

By Celine Saintclare | January 12, 2024

More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

Zahra Hankir Explores the Cosmetic’s Relationship with Beauty, Power and Spirituality

By Zahra Hankir | December 5, 2023

Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Edward Moreta Jr. on White Western Nature Writing, JID's 29 (Freestyle), and Longing for Black Representation in Wild Settings

By Edward Moreta Jr. | December 4, 2023

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Considering Boom for Real: The Late-Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat While Walking Through Baltimore

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | November 30, 2023

Dissenting in Style: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Collars Became Political Signifiers

Dissenting in Style: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Collars Became Political Signifiers

Elinor Carucci and Sara Bader on RBG's Decision to Buck the Supreme Court's Sartorial Traditions

By Elinor Carucci and Sara Bader | November 13, 2023

Dwight Garner on the Long History of Writers and America's Greatest Invention, the Martini

Dwight Garner on the Long History of Writers and America's Greatest Invention, the Martini

A Look at Patricia Highsmith, Norman Mailer, Gary Shteyngart, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and More

By Dwight Garner | October 25, 2023

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Emily Grosvenor Offers Some Interior Design Tips for the Struggling Bibliophile

By Emily Grosvenor | June 20, 2023

How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

Claudia Cravens on What Clothes Tell Us About Character

By Claudia Cravens | June 20, 2023

Kate Strasdin Talks Fashion, Fabric, and Femininity in 19th-Century England

Kate Strasdin Talks Fashion, Fabric, and Femininity in 19th-Century England

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 5, 2023

How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

“George Eliot was, unquestionably, a trans author.”

By Grace Lavery | May 31, 2023

The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

Perfumer Dominique Roques Journeys to the Heart of Scent Production in Central America

By Dominique Roques | May 22, 2023

On QAnon and the Toxic Longing to Be Part of Something As a Mom

On QAnon and the Toxic Longing to Be Part of Something As a Mom

Sara Peterson Dives Into the Dark Side of Momfluencer Culture

By Sara Petersen | April 28, 2023

Do Writers Fetishize Their Tools Too Much... Or Not Enough?

Do Writers Fetishize Their Tools Too Much... Or Not Enough?

Tobias Carroll on Why We Love Our Notebooks (and Our Pens)

By Tobias Carroll | April 21, 2023

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