SCULPTOR
“Turn This Fucking Butt Plug Off”: Meet Rubber Sculptor Rich Aybar
April 16, 2024
The designer calls up his collaborator, Raul Lopez, to talk metrosexuality and “chic horniness.”
Search History
Tiktokker @IsaacLikes_ Sees You Asking for Feet Pics
April 16, 2024
“If you are waiting in line for a food item in New York City, you should really reevaluate your life choices,” says the fashion blogger and man-about-town, who joins us for this week’s edition of Search History.
TOUR DIARY
Teezo Touchdown Takes Amsterdam’s Red Light District
April 16, 2024
“We make sure we have four bouquets of flowers backstage,” said the rapper-rockstar as he concluded the European run of his first headlining tour. “That’s mandatory.”
SOUND ADVICE
Superproducer Vegyn Tells Us His Musical Red Flags
April 15, 2024
To celebrate his new album, “The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions,” the 31-year-old British producer curated us a playlist of smooth, electronic jams.
LIT
Marissa Higgins on BookTok, Lesbian Fiction, and Her Debut Novel
April 12, 2024
Before the publication of her debut novel “A Good Happy Girl,” author Marissa Higgins told us why the book’s protagonist isn’t an easy sell.
tour diary
“Pray, Smoke, Take a Shot”: Anycia Takes Us Backstage at Her NYC Show
April 12, 2024
The Atlanta rapper called us from the hair-braiding salon to talk about falling in love with New York City on tour and tell us her backstage tequila of choice.
BACKSTAGE
Danya Taymor and Angelina Jolie Take Us Inside The Outsiders
April 11, 2024
As they put the finishing touches on their ambitious new Broadway show, Taymor and Jolie got together to talk about building character, embracing collaboration, and why the story stands the test of time.
SOUND ADVICE
Live Coder DJ_Dave Is Logged In to the Algorave Afters
April 11, 2024
The producer and sound selector made us the ultimate futuristic fembot playlist, featuring Kelela and Charli XCX, and tells us who to fear when the machines take over.
NOSTALGIA
Photographer Jason Byron Gavann Takes Us Inside Boston’s Unsung Queer Scene
April 11, 2024
“All my friends were transforming themselves from boys to girls,” says the artist, whose photographs of 1970s Boston nightlife are on display at the Tufts University.
SHARE LOCATION
Vinnie Hacker’s Essential Tokyo
April 10, 2024
In town for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the gamer, model, and manga megafan takes a bite out of the Big Mikan.
LESSON
Chef Eric Adjepong Shows Us How to Perfectly Sear a Scallop
April 10, 2024
In his mother’s kitchen in the Bronx, the “Top Chef” finalist showed us how to make a dish that defines his particular culinary fusion of New York and West Africa.
IN CONVERSATION
For Maggie Nelson, Criticism Is an Expression of Love
April 10, 2024
“Part of my critical practice,” the writer tells director Mike Mills, “is that only things I thought were great and needed more light on them merited the powers of my attention.”
LIT
How the Work of Agnes Martin Inspired Victoria Chang’s New Book of Poems
April 10, 2024
“Writing is the main way in which I feel like I can survive,” says the poet, whose new book finds her processing loss through the work of the painter Agnes Martin.
FAST FASHION
Who is Brandy Melville?
April 9, 2024
A new documentary details the tired notions of size-exclusivity and white supremacy used to hawk childlike clothes at the fast fashion chain.
SPILL
Lisa Vanderpump Tells Mel Ottenberg the Secrets Behind the Villa
April 9, 2024
“One thing I learned from being on reality television is the audience is smarter than you think,” says the restaurant mogul. “They saw exactly what’s going on.”
LIT
Constance Debré Started Sleeping With Women. Then She Wrote Four Books.
April 9, 2024
“Life is violent,” says the author, whose deadpan autobiographical novel “Playboy” made her a literary sensation in France. “That’s how it is.”
ICON
Brigitte Nielsen and Sharon Osbourne are Sexy and Satisfied
April 8, 2024
The six-foot-one superstar tells her fellow survivor about mob wives, motherhood, and modeling at 60.
SOUND ADVICE
Varg2™ Hates the Algorithm. And Your Outfit.
April 8, 2024
In this week’s Sound Advice, the Stockholm-based musician and producer curated a playlist to prepare us for his new record, “Nordic Flora Series Pt. 6: Outlaw Music.”
SEARCH HISTORY
Even Tayi Tibble Is Insecure About Her Instagram Captions
April 8, 2024
“Every morning is like being reborn to me,” says everyone’s favorite Instagram poet, whose new collection “Rangikura” hits bookshelves this week. “It’s upsetting.”
NSFW
Julia Fox Bares All at the 6th Annual Pornhub Awards
April 5, 2024
“When I’m watching porn, I want to see people who are really into it. It can’t be my fantasy. They have to want it.”
