Unpacking the feverish intensity of queer, fictional crushes

Why Santana Lopez is so integral to the lesbian coming-of-age canon

Can’t find your favorite song on Spotify? Check the podcast section

Disguising bootleg audio as podcasts, ingenious Spotify users reimagine the collective spirit of file-sharing for the streaming age

From virtual Lolitas to extreme sex, deepfake porn is blurring the lines of consent and reality

Exploring the dark, liberating, and potentially catastrophic future of technology's freakiest frontier

Dispatches from Eileen Myles, the greatest president we never had

The poet on writing to balance their reality, the toxicity of American 'freedom,' and finally getting into Borges

Alexis Williams is fighting white supremacy through coding

Comedian Rachel Sennott and STEM's resident hot girl Alexis Williams talk online activism, post-quar goals, and regressing at home

Is lab-grown the new grass-fed? A glimpse into the ethical future of meat

From climate change to public health, synthetic meat is going to change our world

Greta Titelman’s guide to getting the hottest body no one will see

Greta will get you arms like Michelle Obama, the abs of Zac Efron, and maybe a Rao's pasta sauce sponsorship

Buffy Summers said ACAB: How the ’90s TV series embraced the real Big Bad

Dennis Rodman was Black boy joy before it was acceptable

In 2020, we're all unconsciously dressing like the intrepid, queer-friendly, cross-dressing NBA star

Is this virtual strip club an oracle of post-pandemic sex work?

Strippers have been cut out of stimulus checks, while clubs are ineligible for small business loans. At Sanctuary, dancers are making bank while doing whatever...

Led by the Black Surf Association, hundreds of surfers paid tribute to victims of police violence

The killing of Floyd last month has ignited a national reckoning with systemic racism in every facet of American life, including sports.

King Kumo might be the future’s flyest marine biologist

Meet the 26-year-old, DaBaby-approved dancer, inspired by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Street Riders NYC, the cycling collective on the revolution’s frontline

“This is for black lives, for justice”: A month ago they were strangers. Last weekend they led a rally of 10,000 cyclists across Manhattan

Montez Press Radio brings us the best (and weirdest) of the downtown arts and culture scene

The station's founders curate a guide to a few of their favorite shows from 'Tongue and Cheek' to 'Piracy, Libraries, Access'

[Reframing the Future]: Over 50 photographers unite to combat white supremacy

Proceeds from the print sale are donated to the National Bail Out and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute

Insha Rahman breaks down how the US bail system perpetuates racial injustice

Over the past month, bail funds have raised millions of dollars. The next step is abolishing cash bail altogether

At home with Tibet’s last remaining nomadic families

Photographer Nikki McClarron captures the intergenerational community as they uphold ancient, sacred traditions

Help fight anti-Asian hate by bidding on poetry, original art, and Kichin’s crispy fish recipe

Lulu Yao Gioiello and Sirui Ma launch an auction to support New York's Asian American Federation

The sweet escapism of my queer Sims community

In the era of social distancing, heaven is a pixelated hot tub and having at least four girlfriends.

Focus beats, dance theater, very good films: Polina Zakh’s online culture guide

The creative mastermind—and VP of Sila Sveta—shows us how she keeps her curiosity satiated during quarantine.

Lost joys found: What 19 Document contributors are rediscovering in isolation

During lockdown, Kris Van Assche revisits his extensive library, Lucie and Luke Meier rekindle their love for cooking, and Karl Templer unearths a favorite Irving...

Try your hand at making masks this weekend with UpWrap’s Amber Testino

Partnering with Simone Rocha, Dawei, and more, the sustainable gift wrapping company has reallocated its resources to mask-making efforts

4 essential quar walks for isolated It-girls

Rachel Sennott's CDC-compliant guide to looking hot while haunting the streets of your hometown

Document Journal launches its 16th issue for Spring/Summer 2020

For Document Spring/Summer 2020, we survey the terrain and map the course of the world around us, both where we’ve been and where we’re headed,...

Neil Hamamoto gave 1600 rolls of film to everyday Americans—here are their photos

The artist's documentary project 'Free Film: USA' showcases the diversity of the 'American' experience

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/22/20

Earthquakes, Starbucks bros, and gas for $2.69 a gallon—is this how the world will end?

Caroline Calloway is the unlikely antihero of the corona era

Come for the chaos, stay for the charity: the art of spinning personal scandal into media gold

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/21/20

Plague mass and mass surveillance: is this how the world will end?

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/20/20

The fetish legend enters Month Two of isolation in the California desert.

Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/19/20

As the fetish legend enters a second month of isolation in the California desert, he ponders if each passing day is how the world will...

Kat Cunning’s guide to self-isolation for horny extroverts

Daddy's digital cultural guide includes Leilah Weinraub's strip club documentary, an app for sharing nudes, and a poetry Wheel of Fortune

A passionate, impromptu dance with Danza Voluminosa

Meet the extraordinary performers of Cuba’s plus-size dance troupe

Diana Gordon is the hood’s Katniss Everdeen

As she releases her EP 'Wasted Youth,' the singer explains why she's always been preparing for the apocalypse

‘Nowadays, sensitivity is cool’: a day in the studio with photographer Josh Aronson

Meet the youth culture aficionado bringing tropical warmth to Brooklyn

Mastering the art of the thirst trap with Dana Donnelly

Wipe the crust from your eyes and grab a bikini top, it's time to become a quarantine cutie

Virtual punk fests, fantasy wrestling: GMO Gallery’s guide to self-isolating online

10 things to do that aren't mindlessly scrolling through Twitter, selected by the founders of our new favorite virtual gallery

Rachel Sennott’s guide to getting a Corona Boyfriend

Everything you need to know about dating during the quar

Glory Hole, a documentary project honoring America’s counterculture legends

From the mud to the road, filmmaker Hunter Ray Barker tells the fantastical true stories of fringe entertainers

Haunted mansions, homoerotic art: Rick Castro’s guide to self-isolating online

The underground fetish legend picks 6 spooky, sexy things to do on the internet this week

Life lessons from a former dominatrix

Meet Claudia Summers, a downtown rebel who learned S&M methods from Robert Mapplethorpe

Look inside ‘0-9,’ the radically experimental magazine that broke all the rules of language

The lost ’60s magazine that gave artists Sol Lewitt and Adrian Piper true conceptual freedom

5 things to do on the internet this week, from DJ streams to voguing lessons

Document's URL guide to staying cultured from your couch

Here’s how to donate protective gear to the COVID-19 frontlines

Mask Crusaders is calling on all artists, builders, and anyone else with spare masks or monthly MetroCards

The DIY magic of Art-Rite, the magazine that redefined the 1970s art scene

Featuring works by Genesis P-Orridge, Patti Smith, and Laurie Anderson, Art-Rite embodied the anarchic free-for-all that was Downtown New York.

Terry and Tricia Jones, the iconoclastic duo behind ‘i-D’ magazine, find salvation in Upstate New York

As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. 40 years after its...

Cultural appropriation is bad, but we wouldn’t have hip hop without it

From viral dances to ‘American Dirt,’ author Lauren Michele Jackson explains the difference between creative evolution and cultural theft.

Only NY honors Peter Saul and the soul of New York City

The streetwear brand salutes the eccentric, anti-establishment art of Peter Saul at New Museum.

Unmasking Paris Fashion Week’s most controversial, coronavirus-fueled trend

Surgical masks dominated front rows this week—why I'm not wearing fashion's new favorite accessory.

I just kinda wish you were gay: my thrilling, painful dive into queerbaiting culture

As pop stars increasingly tap into queer aesthetics, our codes of recognition have been transmuted into accessories for capitalistic gain.

Inside the rowdy world of Brooklyn indie wrestling

Outlaw Wrestling brings The Southern Psycho and full body-slams to a Catholic school gym.