Readings

Allie Rowbottom and the cover of Aesthetica
‘I Resist Through Exploration’: An Interview with Allie Rowbottom

The author of Aesthetica on stardom and online hate, conflict between feminisms, and the evergreen currency of a woman’s image.

Everything is Open

“People tend to notice when you say, ‘I can open your front door in thirty seconds.’”

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Plug Two

A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.

The Possibility of an Island

On luxury shopping, men’s fashion and end-of-the-world salvation.

 

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Leonard Cohen's Hydra

“Greece is a good place to look at the moon, isn’t it?”

Unwritten Recipes

Anyone who’s lived long enough to learn to feed themselves likely has some kind of biographical dish.

‘The Things We Take For Granted Hurt Us The Most’: An Interview with Jenny Odell

Whose clock are you on? The author of Saving Time discusses actors versus automatons, and existing between the margins of the “unforgiving timetable world.”

The Big Coin Heist

It was a piece of currency so large it seemed unimaginable anyone would try to steal it. But that was part of the appeal.

Abhrajyoti Chakraborty is depicted as a cartoon rendering.
Gestures of Ambiguity: On Todd Field's Tár

Tár holds back too much to work as a commentary on cancel culture, and isn't elusive enough to succeed as a work of art.