The many lives of Mia Khalifa
For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the activist, model, and jewelry designer opens up about the twists and turns of her career and the political power...
Elisabetta Zangrandi creates her own art-historical canon
The Italian painter’s latest solo exhibition ‘Musée Imaginaire’ looks to past generations of women artists to stage a new present
Techno-futurists are selling an interplanetary paradise for the posthuman generation—they just forgot about the rest of us
Inside the cult of TESCREALism and the dangerous fantasies of Silicon Valley’s self-appointed demigods, for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration
For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the filmmakers ruminate on the transportive power of cinema, the art of interpretation, and the importance of honoring your audience
Erykah Badu and Michèle Lamy summon the spirit of the future
The musician and designer participate in a visionary mind meld for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, addressing everything from artistic truth-telling to their gold teeth
Pleasure-seeking: In pursuit of the real
From exclusive sex parties to subversive performances at the Chelsea Hotel, columnist Camille Sojit Pejcha chronicles the search for self-expression in New York’s underground
Pleasure-seeking: On my ex’s exes
In her first monthly column, Camille Sojit Pejcha explores internet stalking as a queer rite of passage
The art of Shibari
For Marie Sauvage and Hajime Kinoko, rope bondage is a form of creative expression
Inside Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s Robert Mapplethorpe-inspired NYFW presentation
Merging sensitivity and sex appeal, the French designer pays homage to the photographer’s transgressive legacy
Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need
Excavating the dark side of human nature, the author invites readers to find divinity in depravity
Beach Fossils frontman Dustin Payseur shares the songs that carried him through tour
In a playlist curated for Document, the musician captures the highs and lows of life on the road
The perennial reinvention of Oneohtrix Point Never
Daniel Lopatin on the idiosyncrasies of his creative process, the life cycle of counterculture, and how he remains enchanted with art
The people’s history of the internet, according to Taylor Lorenz
The tech journalist and author on the algorithmic American dream, the unsung heroes of social media, and her new book ‘Extremely Online’
Molly Crabapple’s world of art and action
The artist returns to her roots with ‘The Chair Series,’ an intimate meditation on human connection amidst political upheaval
Artists are poisoning AI image generators with Nightshade
The tool sabotages machine learning models from the inside, causing them to break in unprecedented ways
Inside Arca’s immersive takeover of the Park Avenue Armory
Billed as her most personal performance yet, ‘Mutant;Destrudo’ is a testament to transformation
Bloom’s kinky chatbots want to expand your sexual horizons
The erotic audio company recently launched a series of AI-powered characters intent on one thing: fulfilling your deepest desires
A night out with Nation of Language
The synth-pop trio join Document to discuss their enduring inspirations, courting chaos, and their new album, ‘Strange Disciple’
For Raul Lopez, church is wherever you find heaven
Inside Luar’s rave-ready Spring/Summer 2024 presentation, redefining the sublime from a Brooklyn warehouse
Inside ALL DOLLED UP, New York’s first trans-only strip club experience
Curated by Ruby Zarsky and produced by Unter, the pop-up pushed back against the exclusionary policies that prevent trans women from working the pole
Mastercard’s policies are a danger to sex workers, and your freedom of speech
The ACLU has filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission, urging an investigation into its discriminatory practices
The micro-trends we never asked for
Media coverage implies that ‘tomato girl summer’ and ‘blueberry milk nails’ are being embraced on TikTok—but the girlies aren’t so sure
‘Bottoms’ flips the script on the teen sex comedy
Emma Seligman’s latest film proves that amidst shifting cultural norms, raunchy flicks still have a place at the box office
AI art can’t be copyrighted, according to a federal judge
Amidst SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, last week’s ruling indicates a sea change in the AI intellectual property debate
TikTok’s “mind-reading” algorithm is about to change
The app’s new opt-out policy for EU users is a step forward for cognitive liberty—but will it stop users from trading privacy for entertainment?
Sophia Giovannitti on sex, art, and labor
Working across mediums, the author of ‘Working Girl’ grapples with the contradictions of life under capitalism—complicating notions of consent in a totalizing system
Remembering Jamie Reid, the creative renegade who forged punk’s visual identity
From direct action to anti-establishment album covers, the artist and activist waged a 50-year war on social injustice
Lee Pace contains multitudes
Hollywood’s most versatile actor joins Document to discuss the complexity of the mind, transcending traditional gender roles, and the characters he never forgot
‘Barbie’ was a great movie—should that worry us?
How a film commissioned by a children’s toy brand become the blockbuster of the summer, and what that means for the future of cinema
Caroline Calloway lies to tell the truth
In the wake of ‘Scammer,’ the memoirist joins Document to set the record straight—again
The battle for the soul of Hollywood
A dystopian AI proposal raises questions about what happens to creative industries when all but the most recognizable figures are deemed disposable
At the Chelsea Hotel, queer subculture continues to thrive
Inside the clandestine parties keeping the creative spirit of the space alive, decades after its illustrious heydey
Hot girls walked so girl dinner could run
The TikTok trend champions imperfection, suggesting fatigue around aspirational online content and desire to find pleasure in the everyday
The Japanese House wants to hold onto heartbreak
On new album ‘In The End It Always Does,’ Amber Bain charts the trajectory of a queer love story, from beginning to bittersweet end
How should we feel about OceanGate?
As news of the missing sub unfolded, millions grappled with the choice between empathy, and reveling in the the poetic justice of a modern-day parable
The queer performers keeping the Chelsea’s subversive legacy alive
Decades after its heyday, the historic hotel serves as a safe haven for burlesque and sideshow artists to perform their most transgressive acts
Jessica Stoya and Samantha Cole on sex, tech, and censorship
The adult industry experts join Document to discuss the internet’s horny history and the shadowy forces that determine what kind of porn you see
Blush wants to teach you how to flirt
The dating simulator is the latest of several AI apps aimed at improving your game—but its chatbots are anything but smooth
Meet Rayne Fisher-Quann, the people’s (internet) princess
The Canadian essayist joins Document to discuss online culture, the modern mental health landscape, and playing a character who just happens to be herself
The curious case of hallucinating chatbots
Microsoft Bing went off the rails, and Google’s Bard made an error in its first public demo—yet search engines are still racing to integrate AI
True crime TikTokers are employing AI to resurrect murder victims
Deepfakes, which have long been used to create explicit content without consent, are now being leveraged to craft a new kind of trauma porn
A tech bro created an AI-powered clone of his own girlfriend
The framework for the project, dubbed ‘GirlfriendGPT,’ is now available online, spurring concerns about consent in the era of customized chatbots
Remembering Kenneth Anger, an icon of queer cinematic counterculture
The groundbreaking filmmaker believed movies were “evil” and likened his practice to the “casting of a spell”—the influence of which is imbued across visual culture
How voice cloning is changing the music industry
Universal Music Group just inked a deal with Endel AI—further cementing a revolution in modern listening habits and intellectual property laws alike
Amidst a rise in cybercrime, researchers trained an AI on the dark web
Having scoured the internet’s seedy underbelly, DarkBERT suggests that, in the future, AI may play an even bigger role in online policing
Misha Japanwala wants you to be without shame
In her new exhibition, the artist documents the bodies of those who have worked to forge a more liberated society in her native Karachi
At Club Onyx, Adrienne Raquel documents the reality behind the strip club’s fantasy
Previously on view at Fotografiska, the photography series is now available in the form of a monograph
Artists and journalists call for the restriction of AI illustration in publishing
In an open letter, Molly Crabapple and Mazria Katz advocate against the use of the technology in journalism, a medium long defined by human storytellers
Claire Dederer’s ‘Monsters’ is a story about us
The author set out to write a book about the art of monstrous men—in the process, she rendered a complex portrait of humanity
