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KAMALA HARRIS’ HISTORIC VP APPOINTMENT

California senator Kamala Harris has been named as Joe Biden’s running mate, making her the first ever Black woman and the first person of Asian descent to earn that position. The choice…

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7 PODCASTS TO GET LOST IN RIGHT NOW

Podcasts are great tools for pacifying a laundry list of ails these days. You can listen for the feeling of company when there is none, for background noise to cheer up mundane…

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A LOOK INTO MANIFESTATION TRENDING ON TIKTOK

With the deterioration of the terrestrial, TikTokers are turning to the cosmic. The hashtag #manifestation has over three billion views on the social media platform, with videos of (mostly) young women teaching…

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FLO MILLI: QUEEN OF THE BRATS

If a song starts with the phrase “Flo Milli shit, ho.” It’s probably a summer anthem, and you should keep listening to it. Like many of her peers, Flo Milli first found…

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REMEMBERING THE WOMEN OF WARHOL’S WORLD

In the 1960s and 70s, Andy Warhol’s Factory in Midtown Manhattan was a playground for orgiastic artistic freedom, multi-media experimentation, and sexual expression. Warhol surrounded himself with enigmatic characters known as “Superstars”-collaborators,…

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10 VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITS TO EXPLORE ONLINE

With the reopening of museums in New York City being pushed back indefinitely, and with art fairs being almost unilaterally canceled or delayed, some galleries and museums have adapted their work for…

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NYC MUSEUMS GRAPPLE WITH DELAYED REOPENING

As New York City moves into phase four of its reopening plan, Governor Cuomo announced that museums and other large indoor cultural spaces will remain closed indefinitely. While zoos and outdoor gardens…

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JAMES COHAN PRESENTS NEW EXHIBITION BY GRACE WEAVER

Grace Weaver “STEPS” James Cohan, NYC July 15, 2020 – September 12, 2020 at Walker St., July 15, 2020 – September 13, 2020 at 291 Grand St. James Cohan present STEPS, an exhibition…

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MOVIES ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN TO REVISIT FROM THE 2000s

There’s nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia these days, even to a not-too-long-ago time. Y2K-era trends are back in a big way from butterfly clips to platform sandals, and the internet…

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IS CANCEL CULTURE HURTING US?

#RipEllen recently trended on Twitter. No, the network TV mega-star hasn’t unexpectedly passed away. The hashtag is merely the latest example of Ellen hatred, where users are mock-mourning a smattering of images…

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REAL LIFE ROMANCE ON NETFLIX’S DATING AROUND

Reality TV is the often the most compelling when it is just that: reality. In the world of dating shows, though, realness is often in short order. Popular shows like The Bachelor,…

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WHAT IS COTTAGECORE AND WHY IS IT RESONATING RIGHT NOW?

The internet holds seemingly infinite subcultures- pockets of alternative realities made entirely of images and text, ripe to be traversed by the yearning user. One of those alcoves currently capturing the online…

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KANYE WEST’S PRESIDENTIAL RUN: HOAX OR HERO?

In the latest addition to the disturbing game of Mad Libs that is 2020, Kanye West is running for president. On July 4th, the rapper-cum-fashion designer-cum-media mogul posted the announcement to Twitter,…

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DISCLOSURE: THE CASE FOR NUANCE IN TRANS REPRESENTATION

Examples of trans representation, most often negative ones, are more common in mainstream media than one might first guess. Think of how many times you’ve seen a man dress up as a…

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