Molly Crabapple
Why Draw Pictures?
Where the respectable avert their gaze, artists stare. In the Renaissance, we dissected bodies in order to grasp the workings of a shoulder joint.
Molly Crabapple’s 'SHELL GAME' Opens Tomorrow in NYC
Go see the grand opening of Molly Crabapple's new exhibit at the Smart Clothes Gallery.
Talking About My Abortion
Abortion is sometimes a trauma, sometimes an anticlimax, sometimes a relief. There are a million abortion stories just like there are a million stories about giving birth and going to war. None are representative. This is mine.
Lulz Seemed Terribly Fragile Next to Leg Irons: In the Courtroom with Weev
They pounded his head into the table, cuffed him, and dragged him from the room. Weev's friends sprang to their feet. This is the cruel trick of seeing a loved one handcuffed. You want to protect them. You can't.
Lulz and Leg Irons: In the Courtroom with Weev
On the morning of March 18, I was sitting at the Federal Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, waiting to hear how long Weev would spend in jail. I didn't go there to write an article. I went because his conviction was wrong.
New York Cops Will Arrest You for Carrying Condoms
The NYPD will arrest you for carrying condoms, but that depends entirely on who you are.
Shooter Boys and At-Risk Girls
When I was 12, I was thrown out of school for, among other crimes, drawing headless cheerleaders during English. The same year I was hauled before earnest adults concerned about my future. I was an at-risk girl. No one would ever say at risk for what
Rubber Bullets in the Streets of Madrid
The night in Madrid smelled like fireworks and spray paint. Riot cops guarded TGI Fridays. A security guard with a kerchief over his face saw a boy spray painting his building. The guard shoved him, hard, to the sidewalk.
The World of a Professional Naked Girl
For every free coffee beauty privilege gets you, it also gets you a guy following you down the steps on the subway, saying he wants to work his tongue into your ass.