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Linda Simpson on Drag Queens, Downtown Scenes, and Underground Zines
Linda Simpson, photographed by Whitney Mallett. To see Linda Simpson host anything—a bingo game, a drag show, a party— is to witness a masterclass in deadpan camp. This signature dry pizazz jumps off...
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James W. Jennings’ Wings of Red Flips the MFA Novel on Its Head
Photo courtesy of the author James W. Jennings. This is OPEN BOOK, a monthly column in which we ask debut authors about their reading and writing habits. For this iteration we spoke with James W....
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Meet Jeremy Corbell, the Citizen Journalist Blowing the Whistle on UFOs
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Corbell. 25 years after witnessing three mysterious orbs zipping around the night sky like cocaine-crazed hummingbirds looking for something to kill, I found myself texting...
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One Night in Miami with the Latex-Clad Lady Wrestlers of Sukeban
Members of the Japanese women’s wrestling league Sukeban, photographed by Rachel Miller. Time moves differently in Miami. The traffic is notorious during Basel, and you’ll take an hour-long car ride to...
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Bob the Drag Queen Takes Us Inside Madonna’s Celebration Tour
Bob the Drag Queen, photographed by Ricardo Gomes, on Madonna’s ‘Celebration Tour’. Few are the pop stars who could render the illustrious Bob the Drag Queen an opening act. Bob, the podcaster,...
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How Art Basel Got Me Thinking About the Meaning of Jockstraps
Photographed by Ruvan. When I think of the jockstrap, as I’ve had occasion to do lately, these words from Walter Benjamin dance bloody-eyed across my brain like the shattered go-go boys still de...
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten Takes Us Inside His Fridge
The chef and restaurant kingpin shows us what he’s packing. ——— “My fridge is very organized, maybe too organized, but I don’t cook here. It’s only for parties. Champagne, sake, some breakfast.” “I...
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Lil Nas X Is Entering His Christian Era with Coach
All campaign imagery photographed by Coughs. Last month, while teasing new music, Lil Nas X announced that he was entering what he called his Christian era. “I’ve just become a very spiritual person...
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The Ladies of Cake Zine Are Making Sweets Cool Again
Tanya Bush and Aliza Abarbanel, photographed by Brandyn Liu. Two years ago, Aliza Abarbanel and Tanya Bush knew something we didn’t: the significance of cake. Coming from careers in the food space—Bush...
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Saeed Taji Farouky on Cultural Boycotts and Cinema as Resistance
Saeed Taji Farouky, photographed by Layla Tosifi. In August, I met the director Saeed Taji Farouky at the Mimesis Documentary Festival in Boulder, Colorado. He was the event’s headliner with his latest...
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DJ Eli Escobar Is Tired of Hearing About the Glory Days
Eli Escobar, photographed by Eloise King-Clements. “This is going to be our new home,” says Eli Escobar at the opening of Gabriela, his brand new club. A native New Yorker, Escobar is considered DJ...
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Bhad Bhabie’s Baby Is the Size of an Eggplant Today
Bhad Babie, photographed by Sarah Krick. At just 13, Danielle Bregoli—better known as Bhad Bhabie—was crowned a mega-villain on Dr. Phil for her sensational catchphrase, “cash me ousside, how ‘bout...
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Nailea Devora and Madelyn Cline on Heartbreak, Fashion Week, and John Stamos
All Clothing and Accessories (worn throughout) by Balmain. Three years ago, Nailea Devora left her hometown of El Paso, Texas for the bright lights of Hollywood. But instead of taking the tried and...
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Caitlin Hubner, of Cait’s Key Lime, Takes Us Inside Her Fridge
Caitlin Hubner began making her key lime pies in 2020, first to satisfy her own cravings for a dessert that was surprisingly hard to come by in New York, and then to meet the demands of a growing...
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How Montez Press Radio Is Making Community Radio Fun Again
Tom Laprade and Stacy Skolnik, photographed by Nate Lavey. Visit radio.montezpress.com, hit play, and you might catch the second act of a radio play. A panel discussion on the art of translation. A...
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“Act Hood, Think Globally”: Brontez Purnell Reviews Pink Friday 2
Photo courtesy of Brontez Purnell. For far too fucking long, female rap has felt like a suicide career choice. The general formula seems to take these young, brave, beautiful, smart and ambitious poet...
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Beauty Historian Erin Parsons Tells Us Her Makeup Dos and Don’ts
If you were to count the faces Erin Parsons has painted, you’d have a small army of supermodels, from Gigi Hadid to Shalom Harlow. The notorious makeup artist got her start assisting the iconic Pat...
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Andrew Richardson and Mel Ottenberg on Porn, Shibari, and the Fourth Wall
Andrew Richardson isn’t into porn for the gratification. Since he launched his eponymous sex-focused publication Richardson in the ‘90s, it’s morphed into a streetwear brand that’s seen collaboration...
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Sabrina Brier on Psychoanalysis, Stanley Cups, and Gypsy Rose Blanchard
I said to my roommate “Take a pic of me for Interview mag!!” Sabrina Brier is a comedian, actress, viral TikTok savant, and recent owner of her first ever Stanley cup. But what she’s best known for is...
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Dept. of Culture Chef Ayo Balogun Shows Us What’s Inside His Fridge
“I cook at home in waves,” says Ayo Balogun, the Brooklyn chef who made different kinds of waves when he opened his Brooklyn restaurant Dept. of Culture in 2022. The food gets served tasting...
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