POWER
Little Simz Tells Michaela Coel Why Silence Was Not an Option
May 1, 2025
As she gets set to release her sixth album “Lotus,” the resilient British rapper called up her friend and fellow force of nature to talk about how burnout and betrayal led to an eventual creative breakthrough.
BTS
“It’s Time That Art Is Purposeful”: KK Obi Takes Us Inside Boy.Brother.Friend
August 2, 2024
To mark the release of the new issue of his indie magazine, “Boy.Brother.Friend,” the editor-in-chief and fashion mogul talked to us about collaborating with Riccardo Tisci.
IN CONVERSATION
Gayle Rankin Tells Michaela Coel How She Made Sally Bowles Her Own
May 31, 2024
“What got me about Sally is that everybody thinks they know who she is,” says the actor, who earned a Tony nomination for her turn in the Broadway revival of “Cabaret.”
DRAMA
Nicôle Lecky and Michaela Coel on the Multi-Hyphenate Grind
December 7, 2022
The creator and star of “Mood” and the creator and star of “I May Destroy You” compare notes on life as a one-woman show.
q&a
Brit Bennett On the Danger of Symbolic Band-Aids
August 18, 2020
The author of “The Vanishing Half” on her upcoming HBO show, the intricacies of colorism, and why racism needs more than just a rebrand.
The future of TV is female
March 2, 2018
The difficult men who have largely defined the new golden age of television have been replaced by a glorious group of complicated, flawed, and heroic women.