Culture 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
Culture 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
Art Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes
Photography Mayan Toledano’s portraits rest between the authenticity and fantasy of queer Mexico City The photographer’s ongoing series ‘No Mamés’ takes the image-making process down to its bare bones, lending intimacy though immediacy
At Large Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt... by Arthur Vanderbilt
At Large Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt... by Arthur Vanderbilt
