
Document Journal launches Fall/Winter 2020: The Alternate Future
What does counterculture look like in this turbulent moment? This question has taken us across the globe and into the deepest corners of the web

Love Mansuy’s lyrical ballads are a vision for vulnerable masculinity
In his latest EP, the singer-songwriter channels gospel serenity with waves of sonic experimentation

Time and space: Nelly Ben Hayoun harnesses science and technology to help us empathize
The designer of experiences looks to the intergalactic to design better futures

UBI, M4A, Radical Love: Brooklyn’s Paperboy Prince is a politician for the people
The rapper and community organizer tells Document about his historic bid for congress, and crusading for NYC's everyday heroes

Zora J Murff’s photography will have you questioning your beliefs
From juvenile justice to redlining, the artist joins Document to discuss good aesthetics, Blackness, and navigating art world capitalism

Miles Greenberg is creating spaces to transcend
The Québécois artist joins Document to discuss the Black origins of surrealism, the future of performance, and being a low-key biohacker

Dana Donnelly’s hot girl guide to hot girl horror movies
Spend this Halloween with your favorite sexy scream queens

5 ways to freak yourself out this Halloween—as if 2020 isn’t scary enough
Lili Michelle's guide to getting spooky during the spookiest year on record

Fires, fascists, and Trump caravans: Rick Castro sees a revolution coming to AmeriKKKa
By taking a look back at the Watts, Rodney King, and lesser-known East Los Angeles Riots, the artist helps make sense of the chaos currently...

At Rockaway Beach, Benny’s Club makes a home for LGBTQ, POC surfers
For the New York surf collective, there’s no such thing as a “traditional” surfer

Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, and 9th Wonder would like to invite you to a Dinner Party
Get to know the supergroup revitalizing both jazz and hip hop

“All I needed was a good horse underneath me”: Inside the world of Ed Forbis, the infamous Marlboro Man
Director duo Lola+Pani delve into the mysterious past of the man who embodied the 20th century advertising boom

Behind the terrifying masks of the Mamuthones, a message of solidarity and renewal
Photographer Martin Mae captures the ancient Sardinian tradition

Lili Michelle’s guide to the pandemic breakup
From mainlining Ariana Grande to scouting a new internet crush, 5 steps to follow once you've evicted Shrek from your swamp

Lessons in love from Rachel Rabbit White, the ‘Hooker Laureate of the dirtbag left’
The modern Sappho tells Document about the books that shaped her thinking on desire and romance

Trevor Paglen wants you to stop seeing like a human
The artist on CIA-funded facial recognition technology, images in the post-truth era, and why AI is its own form of politics

The Dreamachine, the execution, and the specter of William S. Burroughs
Rick Castro tells three intersecting stories about the legend of the Beat Hotel

Ai Weiwei on his surprise documentary ‘Coronation,’ a haunting portrait of Wuhan under lockdown
"We may never know what truly happened”—the artist exposes the Chinese government’s COVID coverup and the human toll of authoritarianism

DJ Freedem, the ‘trap gardener’ advocating for reparations through houseplants
“It’s a way to reclaim our relationship with nature and the land.” Behind Freedem’s Instagram-based reparation network, Underground Plant Trade

Better living through anarchy: Tracking the rise of the temporary autonomous zone
As calls to abolish the police amplify and protest zones evolve into self-governing communities, it’s clear that Americans are fed up with the current system....

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

How do we memorialize America’s gun violence epidemic if we can’t yet see its end?
“The question of how to memorialize an ongoing epidemic is a fraught one, particularly at a time when mass shootings have become such a common...

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'
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[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
Over the course of four short months, the artist traveled across the country to distribute free 35mm film in 18 different cities, staying for a...

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?
