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Above the Fold Daytripping: Learning the art of letting go In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about a cross-generational spring party and the simple comforts of dance by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in April From our latest print issue to Delta Sky Club rewards, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors Above the Fold Document Launches Spring/Summer 2023: Return to the Real by Nick Vogelson Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the April edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux tackles the phenomenon that is the fuckboy by Liara Roux Above the Fold An Orwellian guide to the making of a literary festival At a New York City soirée ahead of the Narrowsburg event, Deep Water founder Aaron Hicklin read out the 11-step plan that started it all by Megan Hullander Above the Fold At Milan Design Week, Byredo looks back to Bal D’Afrique’s roots Founder Ben Gorham sits down with artist Dozie Kanu, discussing the geography of his oldest and most recognizable fragrance by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives The ChatGPT-powered characters go to work, flirt, and throw Valentine’s day parties—forecasting new uses for AI in the study of human behavior by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The risks and rewards of jailbreaking ChatGPT When companies put sexual restrictions chatbots, users race to get around them—but there are other side effects to disabling the technology’s guardrails by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Les Domaines de Fontenille imbue luxury with local character Frédéric Biousse and Guillaume Foucher’s hotel line prioritizes connection to a place, reflecting the geographies their destinations rest upon by Jack Hjerpe Above the Fold Forbes fraudster Charlie Javice may just be the new Elizabeth Holmes Charged with falsifying data to close a $175 billion deal, the young founder is the latest 30-Under-30 winner to be arrested for financial crimes by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Jack Wagner takes your ghost stories seriously On ‘Otherworld,’ the podcaster feeds into a resurgent cultural interest in the paranormal, from near-death experiences to demonic encounters to lost time by Nada Alic Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in March From ’80s Brian Eno to the Gwyneth Paltrow trial to metaverse deep-dives, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors Above the Fold Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging Artificial Intelligence may be new, but its racial and gender-based biases are not—paradoxically disappearing the individual under the guise of championing diversity by Patrick Crowley Above the Fold Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company In the era of e-commerce, payment processors have become the internet’s unofficial content moderators—because when banks threaten to revoke service, platforms listen by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy For the second iteration of the 'After Dark' party series, cabaret bar Vol de Nuit set the stage for a night of transition and cultural... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Why can’t sex workers find a bank? Following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, another shutdown went unnoticed: that of SpankPay, one of the few payment platforms catering to the adult industry by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the March edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux addresses a reader’s inner turmoil around cosmetic procedures and the doors they open by Liara Roux Above the Fold GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes Digital entrepreneurs are automating their side hustles—and the ease with which they’re being replaced calls into question their value in the first place by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Ethical Capital Partners wants to make Pornhub a leader in the fight against illegal content online Parent company MindGeek has been acquired by a private equity firm, just days after a new Netflix documentary chronicled its exploitative practices by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Meet CupidBot, an AI designed to automate straight men’s dating life A group of alleged ex-Tinder engineers designed a service to improve the experience of heterosexual men in the only place they face systemic disadvantage: on... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Microsoft lays off its ethics team despite doubling down on AI offerings The team was tasked with predicting the dangers of new technologies, raising questions about the company’s commitment to responsible use by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Setting the stage for falling in love, or something like it In the realm of reality dating television, “The Mansion” is a character in and of itself—designed to manipulate contestants, as well as everybody watching by Morgan Becker Above the Fold What can we do about deepfake porn? A new face-swap app ran provocative ads featuring celebrity faces, illustrating the dangers of non-consensual deepfakes and the struggle to moderate them by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Daytripping: Dancing into the folds of time In her bi-weekly column for Document Journal, McKenzie Wark writes about dancing at Berlin’s Berghain, the world-famous temple of techno by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold For Vex Ashley, pleasure is an act of resistance With DIY porn project Four Chambers, the adult filmmaker finds the art in sex—and investigates its relationship to society in the process by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in February From police procedural horror novellas to Yasujirō Ozu’s unofficial trilogy, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the February edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about OnlyFans burnout, living in Paris, and high-achieving lesbians by Liara Roux Above the Fold GITANO merges Tulum’s lush allure with the sensibilities of New York nightlife Founder James Gardner joins Document to break down the magnetism of the Yucatán town, and how he hopes to carry it beyond its geographical bounds by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Microsoft “lobotomized” its chaotic chatbot—now, it’s rolling back those restrictions When it’s not busy having an existential crisis or attempting to break up a marriage, the new Bing raises questions about the ethics of AI by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold How a coercive cult took hold at a college founded on free-thinking The new docuseries ‘Stolen Youth’ traces the Sarah Lawrence scandal, revealing the fragility of human memory—and our collective vulnerability in the face of manipulation by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold For Betony Vernon, eroticism is a way of life From sexology to erotic jewelry design, Vernon’s three-decade career draws on countless disciplines in the fight for our right to pleasure by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold ‘WHO’S WHO’ maps out New York’s cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters Rob Cristofaro and Puma’s joint coffee-table book captures the city's creative landscape through its innovators, across music, sport, food, fashion, art, and performance by Morgan Becker Above the Fold How TikTok’s dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation “Toxic relationship coaches” promise to help women reclaim the power in their relationships—but these techniques are not as liberating as they seem by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Daytripping: How dancing can make you gay In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes on the interpenetration of queer and straight spaces by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution Document catches up with Ana Kirova, the radical platform’s founder, examining the roots, rules, and labels of the modern sexual landscape by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Will transparency be enough to improve TikTok’s famously overzealous censorship policy? The app is under fire for banning everything from educational content to videos about racial injustice. Now, they’re putting a new “strike” system in place by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Cracks in the Facade: The shameful—and foundational—pursuit of pseudo-status online The creator economy and influencer culture seemingly hinge on the authenticity industrial complex, but Photoshop fails challenge how real we actually want celebrities to be by Josh Greenblatt Above the Fold Deepfake porn isn’t just a consent issue, it’s a labor issue Sex workers have been fighting for control over their imagery since the rise of the internet—and now everyday people have joined the fray by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January From fabric porn to self-help books to vegetable yeast bagels, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors Above the Fold Julia Fox’s “mascara” controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak TikTokers have come up with code words to discuss sensitive topics without triggering the algorithm—but instead, they’re triggering each other by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold 15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work Practitioners of the world’s oldest profession discuss the changes they want to see, and what sex work has given them by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Bad Words: In defense of the faithless In his monthly column for Document, sex writer and activist Alexander Cheves makes the case that cheating is human nature by Alexander Cheves Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the January edition of their column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about ghosting, pronouns, and maintaining work-life balance by Liara Roux Above the Fold Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3 Consumer trust in technology is declining, even as machine learning programs grow more sophisticated. Are AI chatbots the exception? by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold ‘Spirit of Kibera’ illuminates Nairobi’s dynamic dance culture Premiering with Document, Romy Maxime’s film celebrates the Kenyan community’s affinity for movement, and its influence on Africa’s broader artistic landscape by Document Journal Above the Fold Daytripping: The irreplaceable soundtrack to MDMA In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes of the gap between the body and the body’s image of itself by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold For cyborg Neil Harbisson, technology is the medium, not the message From shark fins to seismic senses, members of the biohacking community are changing their brains and bodies to foster a deeper connection with nature by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Shoplifters or Security Guards: What’s the bigger financial burden? Walgreens’s CFO admitted to inflating the scope of its theft problem, underscoring questions around the validity of retail’s moral panic by Megan Hullander Above the Fold The internet is in its lying era TikTok’s Celebrity Death trend left the internet divided, signaling the latest generational disconnect on what society finds funny by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Daytripping: A night at the club, and tears before bedtime In McKenzie Wark’s bi-weekly column for Document, two trans girls commune above the noise by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Daytripping: Learning the art of letting go In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about a cross-generational spring party and the simple comforts of dance by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in April From our latest print issue to Delta Sky Club rewards, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the April edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux tackles the phenomenon that is the fuckboy by Liara Roux
Above the Fold An Orwellian guide to the making of a literary festival At a New York City soirée ahead of the Narrowsburg event, Deep Water founder Aaron Hicklin read out the 11-step plan that started it all by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold At Milan Design Week, Byredo looks back to Bal D’Afrique’s roots Founder Ben Gorham sits down with artist Dozie Kanu, discussing the geography of his oldest and most recognizable fragrance by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives The ChatGPT-powered characters go to work, flirt, and throw Valentine’s day parties—forecasting new uses for AI in the study of human behavior by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The risks and rewards of jailbreaking ChatGPT When companies put sexual restrictions chatbots, users race to get around them—but there are other side effects to disabling the technology’s guardrails by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Les Domaines de Fontenille imbue luxury with local character Frédéric Biousse and Guillaume Foucher’s hotel line prioritizes connection to a place, reflecting the geographies their destinations rest upon by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold Forbes fraudster Charlie Javice may just be the new Elizabeth Holmes Charged with falsifying data to close a $175 billion deal, the young founder is the latest 30-Under-30 winner to be arrested for financial crimes by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Jack Wagner takes your ghost stories seriously On ‘Otherworld,’ the podcaster feeds into a resurgent cultural interest in the paranormal, from near-death experiences to demonic encounters to lost time by Nada Alic
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in March From ’80s Brian Eno to the Gwyneth Paltrow trial to metaverse deep-dives, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors
Above the Fold Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging Artificial Intelligence may be new, but its racial and gender-based biases are not—paradoxically disappearing the individual under the guise of championing diversity by Patrick Crowley
Above the Fold Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company In the era of e-commerce, payment processors have become the internet’s unofficial content moderators—because when banks threaten to revoke service, platforms listen by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy For the second iteration of the 'After Dark' party series, cabaret bar Vol de Nuit set the stage for a night of transition and cultural... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Why can’t sex workers find a bank? Following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, another shutdown went unnoticed: that of SpankPay, one of the few payment platforms catering to the adult industry by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the March edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux addresses a reader’s inner turmoil around cosmetic procedures and the doors they open by Liara Roux
Above the Fold GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes Digital entrepreneurs are automating their side hustles—and the ease with which they’re being replaced calls into question their value in the first place by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Ethical Capital Partners wants to make Pornhub a leader in the fight against illegal content online Parent company MindGeek has been acquired by a private equity firm, just days after a new Netflix documentary chronicled its exploitative practices by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Meet CupidBot, an AI designed to automate straight men’s dating life A group of alleged ex-Tinder engineers designed a service to improve the experience of heterosexual men in the only place they face systemic disadvantage: on... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Microsoft lays off its ethics team despite doubling down on AI offerings The team was tasked with predicting the dangers of new technologies, raising questions about the company’s commitment to responsible use by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Setting the stage for falling in love, or something like it In the realm of reality dating television, “The Mansion” is a character in and of itself—designed to manipulate contestants, as well as everybody watching by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold What can we do about deepfake porn? A new face-swap app ran provocative ads featuring celebrity faces, illustrating the dangers of non-consensual deepfakes and the struggle to moderate them by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Daytripping: Dancing into the folds of time In her bi-weekly column for Document Journal, McKenzie Wark writes about dancing at Berlin’s Berghain, the world-famous temple of techno by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold For Vex Ashley, pleasure is an act of resistance With DIY porn project Four Chambers, the adult filmmaker finds the art in sex—and investigates its relationship to society in the process by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in February From police procedural horror novellas to Yasujirō Ozu’s unofficial trilogy, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the February edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about OnlyFans burnout, living in Paris, and high-achieving lesbians by Liara Roux
Above the Fold GITANO merges Tulum’s lush allure with the sensibilities of New York nightlife Founder James Gardner joins Document to break down the magnetism of the Yucatán town, and how he hopes to carry it beyond its geographical bounds by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Microsoft “lobotomized” its chaotic chatbot—now, it’s rolling back those restrictions When it’s not busy having an existential crisis or attempting to break up a marriage, the new Bing raises questions about the ethics of AI by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold How a coercive cult took hold at a college founded on free-thinking The new docuseries ‘Stolen Youth’ traces the Sarah Lawrence scandal, revealing the fragility of human memory—and our collective vulnerability in the face of manipulation by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold For Betony Vernon, eroticism is a way of life From sexology to erotic jewelry design, Vernon’s three-decade career draws on countless disciplines in the fight for our right to pleasure by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold ‘WHO’S WHO’ maps out New York’s cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters Rob Cristofaro and Puma’s joint coffee-table book captures the city's creative landscape through its innovators, across music, sport, food, fashion, art, and performance by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold How TikTok’s dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation “Toxic relationship coaches” promise to help women reclaim the power in their relationships—but these techniques are not as liberating as they seem by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Daytripping: How dancing can make you gay In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes on the interpenetration of queer and straight spaces by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution Document catches up with Ana Kirova, the radical platform’s founder, examining the roots, rules, and labels of the modern sexual landscape by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Will transparency be enough to improve TikTok’s famously overzealous censorship policy? The app is under fire for banning everything from educational content to videos about racial injustice. Now, they’re putting a new “strike” system in place by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Cracks in the Facade: The shameful—and foundational—pursuit of pseudo-status online The creator economy and influencer culture seemingly hinge on the authenticity industrial complex, but Photoshop fails challenge how real we actually want celebrities to be by Josh Greenblatt
Above the Fold Deepfake porn isn’t just a consent issue, it’s a labor issue Sex workers have been fighting for control over their imagery since the rise of the internet—and now everyday people have joined the fray by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January From fabric porn to self-help books to vegetable yeast bagels, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month by Document Editors
Above the Fold Julia Fox’s “mascara” controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak TikTokers have come up with code words to discuss sensitive topics without triggering the algorithm—but instead, they’re triggering each other by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold 15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work Practitioners of the world’s oldest profession discuss the changes they want to see, and what sex work has given them by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Bad Words: In defense of the faithless In his monthly column for Document, sex writer and activist Alexander Cheves makes the case that cheating is human nature by Alexander Cheves
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking In the January edition of their column for Document, Liara Roux answers readers’ questions about ghosting, pronouns, and maintaining work-life balance by Liara Roux
Above the Fold Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3 Consumer trust in technology is declining, even as machine learning programs grow more sophisticated. Are AI chatbots the exception? by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold ‘Spirit of Kibera’ illuminates Nairobi’s dynamic dance culture Premiering with Document, Romy Maxime’s film celebrates the Kenyan community’s affinity for movement, and its influence on Africa’s broader artistic landscape by Document Journal
Above the Fold Daytripping: The irreplaceable soundtrack to MDMA In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes of the gap between the body and the body’s image of itself by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold For cyborg Neil Harbisson, technology is the medium, not the message From shark fins to seismic senses, members of the biohacking community are changing their brains and bodies to foster a deeper connection with nature by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Shoplifters or Security Guards: What’s the bigger financial burden? Walgreens’s CFO admitted to inflating the scope of its theft problem, underscoring questions around the validity of retail’s moral panic by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold The internet is in its lying era TikTok’s Celebrity Death trend left the internet divided, signaling the latest generational disconnect on what society finds funny by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Daytripping: A night at the club, and tears before bedtime In McKenzie Wark’s bi-weekly column for Document, two trans girls commune above the noise by McKenzie Wark