Literature Caleb Femi’s ‘The Wickedest’ journeys through one night at London’s longest-running house party In this exclusive excerpt from the writer and filmmaker’s forthcoming poetry collection, the underground shoob scene reveals itself minute by minute
Film The horrors of horniness: the freaky girls of ‘Babyratu’ This holiday’s double-bill follows women whose sexuality threatens to undo them
Literature Amber Later’s ‘Special Moss’ mines the slippages of poetry and prose The New York-based writer’s debut collection spans four centuries while traversing mysterious landscapes
Architecture Iwan Baan’s ‘Rome — Las Vegas’ explores both cities from above and below The photographer’s recent project asks how architecture shapes reality in an era of mass tourism and simulation
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Above the Fold A rundown of mesmerizing runway moments, from McQueen’s Kate Moss hologram to Coperni’s spray-on dress Document looks back in time to some of the most visionary presentations in fashion history by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold In Sierra Pettengill’s new documentary ‘Riotsville, U.S.A.,’ a fake town reveals real problems Designed to train cops to quell civil unrest, the city was a reflection of our national ideals, and an impetus for internal state violence by Tia Glista
Above the Fold A new documentary on Ethiopian jazz pioneer Hailu Mergia recenters the artist In an era of algorithmic curation, ‘IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia’ puts a generation of listeners in touch with history by Jeremy Steinberger
Above the Fold A brief history of protest and counterculture at Tompkins Square Park Almost 30 years after the Tompkins Square Riot, a new protest headed by skaters preserves the sanctity of a downtown safe haven. by David Aaron Brake
At Large Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the... by Katharine K. Zarrella
Above the Fold UNC students are making history, not erasing it, after toppling Confederate monument This week, students at the University of North Carolina toppled Silent Sam, a Confederate statue that has stood since 1913. by Caroline Christie