Emily Ratajkowski: “I’m Very Displeased With Capitalism” Emily Ratajkowski: “I’m Very Displeased With Capitalism”
A conversation with the essayist and model about her debut collection My Body, critiquing capitalism, the commodification of one’s image, and much more.
Nov 17, 2021 / Q&A / Larissa Pham
The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has used comic books to fight for a ban on land mines and brought the Grateful Dead to the Senate Dining Room.
Nov 16, 2021 / John Nichols
In Resemblance of the Living In Resemblance of the Living
Alone I spirit myself away looking at the many flowers born on the balcony, certainly not thanks to me, the gardener was the wind. They skin me with precision, their beauty sinks i…
Nov 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Chandra Livia Candiani
You Couldn’t Lose Me You Couldn’t Lose Me
It was like waking up in California— the awkward blossoms, the sky an aggressive blue. I remember the smell from your armpits, the greenhouse windows covered in white paint, where…
Nov 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Richie Hofmann
Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic
Sahl diagnosed the disease of America in 1967 as “right-wing social democracy,” an ideology that is fine with war.
Nov 15, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Joanna Hogg and the Art of Life Joanna Hogg and the Art of Life
Her remarkable two-part film The Souvenir examines how an artist turns the fragments of their personal history into an enduring story.
Nov 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Devika Girish
“Succession”’s Repetition Compulsion “Succession”’s Repetition Compulsion
In Succession’s moral universe, no one can ever get what they want or what they deserve.
Nov 10, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sam Adler-Bell
Dave Chappelle’s Comedy of Bitterness Dave Chappelle’s Comedy of Bitterness
In his recent special The Closer, and his response to critics of it, he outlines a strange version of identity politics where comedians are always the victims.
Nov 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
What “Passing” Can Still Teach Us About Identity What “Passing” Can Still Teach Us About Identity
A film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s novel dramatizes the mercurial and sometimes dangerous consequences of a person's performance of self in the public.
Nov 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
On Film, a Window Into Haiti On Film, a Window Into Haiti
Gessica Généus discusses Freda, the first movie by a female Haitian director to be nominated for an award at Cannes.
Nov 3, 2021 / Q&A / Clair MacDougall