Cynthia Nixon Intends to Win
When asked if she can come from behind and beat her opponent in New York’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, the…
A Chat With Patti Kaplan on Creating Real Sex & Filming Real Bodies
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times reported that HBO has removed all “late night” programming from its channels…
Activist Dior Vargas Wants to Center People of Color in the Mental Health Conversation
Mental health issues are not the sole domain of white people. Although that should be obvious, the media visibility…
Ayanna Pressley Knows She's 'Disruptive'
Though Massachusetts is one of the bluest states in the country, in its 230-year history, it has never elected a woman…
Susan Seidelman On How the 'Woman Director' Label Went from Pejorative to Political
Few movies capture the filth-under-the-fingernails grit of early ‘80s New York as well as Susan Siedelman’s 1982 film …
Illustrator Lisa Hanawalt on Her New Comic Coyote Doggirl and the Appeal of 'Horse Girls'
The term “gross-out humor” doesn’t conjure up much subtlety or imagination. But for artist and illustrator Lisa…
Director Crystal Moselle on Her New Film Skate Kitchen and the Stress of Shooting Real Skaters
There’s a scene in the film Skate Kitchen in which the all-girl skate crew is swerving through the streets of their…
Madeline's Madeline Director Josephine Decker on Dictatorship and Democracy in Art
Josephine Decker’s third feature film, Madeline’s Madeline, is an exquisite collision of content and medium, a story…
Director Augustine Frizzell on Representation in Her Druggie Dropout Buddy Comedy Never Goin' Back
Augustine Frizzell wanted to see a movie that represented her teen experience, and so she made it. The result is the…
Joan Morgan on Her New Book and 20 Years of Lauryn Hill's Miseducation
In spite of and perhaps because of her greatness, Lauryn Hill left many of her fans conflicted. Released on August 25,…
Director Desiree Akhavan on The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Reimagining the Teen Movie
On paper, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Miseducation of Cameron Post might sound like the making of a somber…
What Eighth Grade Means to Its Teen Stars
If you haven’t seen Eighth Grade yet, what are you waiting for? Bo Burnham’s directorial debut is a deft mixture of…
'Dump Him' Is a Feminist Psalm: Kelli María Korducki on the Feminist History of Breaking Up
Breaking up is not only hard to do, but there’s little precedent for women being able to do it, observes Canadian…
Lauren Greenfield on Generation Wealth and the Culture of Money That Made Trump Possible
In the 1990s, director/photographer Lauren Greenfield began a project taking pictures of high school students at her…
'Women's Identity Is Composed of Myths': Author Samantha Hunt on Mermaids and the Reissue of The Seas
Nearly a decade before Samantha Hunt published her haunting novel Mr. Splitfoot and years before The Invention of…
'We Have to Apply Pressure': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Done With the Democratic Status Quo
Since the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, there has been a quiet but steady rise of women and people of color…
SOPHIE on Her New Album, Old Disco, and Expressing Trans Identity in Music
A squeal that sounded like some sort of feedback ripped out of my phone as SOPHIE thanked me for calling. Our 30-minute…
Hereditary Director Ari Aster on Taking Family Tragedy and Curdling It Into a Nightmare
Last week, I met Ari Aster, the writer and director of the horror film Hereditary, in the A24 office. For about 20…
What George Eliot's Hands Had to Do With the Sex Lives of Dairy Maids: A Chat With a Victorianist
There’s still a lingering perception that Victorians were stuffy to the point of being wholly out of touch with their…
Toni Collette on the Horror and Beauty of Grief in Hereditary
“H’aw’ya?” Toni Collette asked me as I entered the conference room at A24's New York City office on Monday. It’s hard…
