Amelia Abraham
London's Biggest Drag Queens Weigh In on the State of Drag in 2015
The new documentary Dressed As a Girl captures the past few years of London's drag scene. We sat down with two of its stars to discuss the city's drag history, how it's currently being redefined, and how to turn your drag act into a career.
'Twenty Years Ahead of the World': Talking to Legendary Performance Artist Penny Arcade
We talked to the one-woman show about five decades of performing, her oral history project Lower East Side Biographies and the need to offer young people a queer, punk-rock, alternative to the mainstream.
Half of Young People in the UK Say They're Not Completely Straight
Forty-three percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the UK said they were somewhere between totally gay and totally straight.
John Waters on the Terrible, Trashy Films That Changed His Life
We talked to the godfather of trash about Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, and the worst movies known to man.
We Talked to Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan About Putting More Bisexual Women on Our Screens
The Appropriate Behavior director thinks being bisexual is like having a superpower, and she's using hers to make astute comedy about the difference between the sexes.
Jeff Koons Is the Kanye West of the Contemporary Art World
Meeting the man whose work can sell for more than any other living artist.
Satirical Fashion Mag 'Mushpit' Is the Grown-Up Girl's Answer to 'Seventeen'
We talked to co-founders Bertie Brandes and Char Roberts about how to be slick and cool in your twenties and never, never objectifying boys.
In Defense of Poppers
The UK government just banned a ton of "legal highs"—including amyl nitrate, the popular party drug that's actually less dangerous than many alternative substances.
'Girlhood' Gives Young Black Girls Some Much-Needed Screen Time
We talked to the film's director, French auteur Céline Sciamma, about exploring sexual, gender, and racial identities in coming-of-age movies.
Investigative Journalist Matt Kennard Talks About America's Economic Stranglehold on the World
His new book looks at how the American government, banks, and intelligence agencies enforce a very covert and modern type of imperialism.
Predicting the Digital Apocalypse: An Interview with Douglas Coupland
How Eric Hobsbawm and Marshall McLuhan influenced Doug's latest non-fiction work, The Age of Earthquakes.
Films for Outsiders: An Interview with Gregg Araki
We talked to the cult director about new queer cinema, post-punk, and crushing on Eva Green.