Teen Vogue Hit By Intersectional Ad Boycott it Helped Mainstream
Teen Vogue during the Trump years promoted a cultural framework built on intersectionality and youth activism—many articles published on the site encouraged the use of advertiser boycotts as a tool of systemic change. But...
Artist Agnieszka Pilat Explains Why the One Percent Will Own Reality
The worldview of Agnieszka Pilat is a paradox.
The Polish-born artist loves technology, but distrusts how it shapes media. She promotes capitalist structures in her work, but thinks artists chasing money and mass appeal are...
American Oligarchs Have Turned Miami Beach Into Baiae—the Hedonist Roman Paradise
As Augustus embarked on a crusade to revitalize traditional institutions throughout the Roman capital, the Empire’s oligarchs fled to Baiae.
With sprawling villas along the ocean, Baiae attracted Rome’s ruling elite seeking reprieve from civil...
In the Biden Era, ‘Cancel Culture’ Scars are Chic. Beware the Tattooed Posers
Whenever I want to see the direction the cultural winds will blow, I look to publicity savvy actresses. In the summer of 2015, after Donald Trump came down the escalator but before he hijacked...
