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I’m in a safe location we’re good Y’all know this is insurrection and terrorism right?

up on SSENSE now: i had the immense pleasure of speaking with STOP IT RIGHT NOW about influence—having it, absorbing it, rejecting it, and wielding it ssense.com/en-us/editoria…

agua viva dir. Alexa Lim Haas vimeo.com/304046701/

for #MERCADOVICENTE, i wrote about beauty and power, pride and shame, and pageants. mercadovicente.com/culture/filipi…

Please welcome to the stage: Gaby Wilson in our June/July issue, exploring how musicians create a world of fantasy through the fashion in their remote performances. elle.com/fashion/a36466…

for the june/july issue of ELLE Magazine (US), i wrote about how pop stars and their stylists spent the year harnessing the escapist, therapeutic, and instructive powers of fantasy. big thx to NICOLA FORMICHETTI @zerinaakers #danielroseberry and Véronique Hyland 💖 elle.com/fashion/a36466…

at the intersection of art history and critical race studies: @etani1 on the ways artists Jerome Reyes and #MaiaCruzPalileo "recruit ambivalence as a conceptual tool to undiscipline the authority of the colonial apparatus" editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/artic…

some news: today, i’m excited to launch blackfilmarchive.com. this ever-expanding black film archive provides history and context to over 200 black films made from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. every description on the site is lovingly written & researched by me.

up now on Byrdie: i spoke with the legendary Helen Kirkum Studio about sneakers and process and value and newness byrdie.com/1-of-1-helen-k…

On performance, personal space, and the search for warmth in the worst of winters, Gaby Wilson answers everything we need to know about the puffer coat. ssen.se/3c6o5AL

i wrote about self-preservation, personal space, and puffer coats for SSENSE ssense.com/en-us/editoria…

up now on Byrdie: had a lovely conversation with #psychicoutlaw rebecca wright about textile reincarnation, shared history, and (duh) her unbelievable quilt jackets byrdie.com/on-the-up-psyc…

up on SSENSE now: i spoke with hung la about blending in, acting out, expressive pants, and explosive men for his new project Lựu Đạn ssense.com/en-us/editoria…

"My ambition at Lựu Đạn is to put forward an overtly sexy Asian man," designer Hung La tells Gaby Wilson. On raves, "fun pants," and facilitating self-acceptance, read their conversation here: ssen.se/3tGthoG

The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S.. n.pr/3swhvvn

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