Many film stars will tell you that navigating life in the public eye is about having an anchor. British powerhouse Natalia Tena is one of them, but in her case, the anchor is literal – Tena is one of a handful of Londoners to call the city’s waterways her permanent home. With the Harry Potter…
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The multi-hyphenated Bella Thorne has taken several paths toward the “rebel” moniker. After landing her initial big break as CeCe Jones on Disney Channel's Shake It Up in 2010, Bella pursued a myriad of other roles, from more children’s entertainment to adult independent films further down the line. While it is unsurprising that she, like…
Kat Toronto, aka “Miss Meatface,” tackles contemporary femininity head on. Forced to reconsider her womanhood after a 2010 cervical cancer diagnosis and a subsequent full hysterectomy at 29, Kat turned to her family history and inner feminine expression to redefine herself and her creative process. A San Francisco Bay native, her performance-based photography confronts society’s…
Ashlee Keating’s laser focus sets her apart from many rising pop stars. It’s increasingly rare for a 29 year old to know exactly who they are, but for Keating, the deal was sealed even before she made it to her teens. After performing on television by the age of three and making her Broadway debut…
From her childhood days of singing songs from High School Musical and Hannah Montana, singer-songwriter Grace VanderWaal has always had a passion for performing. After being inspired by her Brazilian au pair to pick up the ukulele, VanderWaal hit it big at the age of 11 by competing on, and eventually winning, America's Got Talent. The ukulele,…
British actor Tom Glynn-Carney burst onto the scene with his breakthrough role as Peter Dawson in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. He is keeping his winning streak alive with the recently released Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon. Following the House of Targaryen almost 200 years prior to the flagship series, we see Glynn-Carney…
Elton Ilirjani is an activist who literally walks the walk. Beyond their decades of philanthropic work on behalf of women and the LGBTQ+ community, Ilirjani can now be found walking runways around the world for some of fashion’s most high-profile designers. As their historical track record has proven multiple times over, Ilirjani’s work as a…
“I literally left my life behind and started with a blank page.” While that may be true for Armenian singer-songwriter Rosa Linn, her page didn’t stay blank for long. After representing her country at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest, where she performed the rootsy, organic “SNAP,” Linn found herself catapulted to international stardom almost overnight.…
Being a twenty-something means spending a lot of your time just “trying to figure it out.” Ally Petitti can attest to that. By her early twenties, she had already made the cross-country move from her hometown of Westchester, New York to Los Angeles, gotten a degree from USC, landed a job at Interscope Records, and…
“As a country, we don't treat women and people with wombs like they're human beings, and it’s difficult to film certain scenes when there are things happening in the country that so closely parallel them.” The passion with which Madeline Brewer, Emmy-nominated actress on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, speaks to us about women’s rights makes…
Rahart Adams has found himself living a dream that, for a long time, he didn’t know he had. After a breakdancing accident nearly left him with a broken back, teenage Adams was forced to either “get real” or find another creative outlet to pursue. He set his sights on acting in a way that can…
Activist, entrepreneur, and breakout star of Netflix’s Perfect Match Ines Tazi wants to make one thing clear: she doesn’t fit into any singular box. At only 26 years old, her history has proven it – Tazi began partnering with NGOs in support of single mothers in her home country of Morocco at the age of…
Just as drag queen Sasha Velour’s style is dead-set on breaking the boundaries of gender identity, so too is her view on the concept of uprising incredibly nuanced. After starting out in the Brooklyn scene, Sasha’s growing profile gained enough traction to get her cast on RuPaul’s Drag Race’s ninth season, where she would claim…
Model Sophia Hadjipanteli stares intensely into the camera, her gorgeous, wavy brunette hair cascading down on one side, barely obscuring her right cheek. In her arm she holds a giant bottle of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Scandal perfume, her hands adorned with gorgeous, sharp, jet-black nails. Immediately her trademark voluptuous, thick eyebrows steal our gaze as…
Who more perfect to embody the "REBEL" Issue than an artist whose entire brand centers on it? Sizzy Rocket’s track “Rebel Revolution” tackles the current culture of musical homogeny head on, dedicating itself to the legion of musicians and other artists who, in the face of defiance and pressure to be homogeneous, live and create…
Despite her current status as a rock star, The Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen started her life in front of the camera. At only two-years-old, she was starring in commercials, and by the age of six became an internationally recognized talent for her role as Cindy Lou Who in the blockbuster How the Grinch Stole…
Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the founding members of the art collective Pussy Riot, is a once-in-a-generation rebel. Following an anti-Putin protest that took place in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, an action now known as Pussy Riot’s “Punk Prayer,” Nadya and several fellow protesters were infamously sentenced to prison in 2012. Little did Nadya…
Trailblazing artist ko aka koala is riding a wave of acclaim with her exploratory, innovative pop music. Her latest single “hit & run” touches on personal experience and explores a rock-infused lesson in letting go. The multi-faceted artist oversees every aspect of her music production, from writing and directing, to producing, to visually executing her…
Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin star Chandler Kinney saw her most recent role playing Tabby in the teen slasher series as the perfect opportunity for personal growth. Kinney is certainly no stranger to the world of PLL, having been absolutely “hooked” on the show as a teen. After growing up watching the series and being…
“I never thought I’d have my own store, let alone my own line.” For Jami-lyn Fehr, the owner of MODISTE, both of her dreams have come to fruition. Fehr is transforming the Nashville fashion scene with her high-end brick-and-mortar store and e-commerce platform, focusing on “sustainability, ethics, and the highest quality materials and construction you…