Mask: The Camp Issue

“Bright ideas / We got bright ideas” LOW Museum founder Pastiche Lumumba in his studio in Brooklyn NY. Photo by Ada Banks.
Fast Fashion is challenging the retail apocalypse narrative, writes Madison Van Oort.
The Hidden Struggle of Cancer Alley The most toxic land in the Western hemisphere can be found in Louisiana.
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Stealth Care by Ruby Brunton

Looking for Kicks

Ruby Brunton traces her love for camp through teenage boredom, John Water’s cult musical Cry-Baby, and Comme Des Garçons’ designer Rei Kawakubo.

How Peppermint Learned to Camp

The history of hospitalizing minors for mental health issues is deeply entwined with that of youth incarceration. Sometimes the two share a room.

Masque Up by Alesia Pullins

11 Summer Essentials

The 11 essential beauty products that will keep you looking fresh all season.

Watch CupcakKe’s Music Video “33rd”
in which she flips the script on her haters.

Turnstile Jumping Will Be Decriminalized in Manhattan, as part of an effort to decrease arrests over low-level misdemeanors.

After leaving the Ultra-Orthodox community she grew up in, Leah Vincent finds a way to break free of years of abuse and trauma she endured as a child. The secret lies somewhere between science and religion.

How to Digest Sludge

by Leah Vincent

Horoscopes by Corina Dross

July 2017

Feelings are a physical reality. How we respond to them is key.

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