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Our Oscars, Ourselves

Alex Dabertin — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:30:00 +0000

In our second Oscars story republished from 2016, writer Alex Dabertin examines the red-carpet race for Best Actress. The cultural landscape was marked by a significant emphasis on issues of gender equality, diversity, and representation in Hollywood. 2015 brought the #MeToo movement and infused discussions surrounding the Oscars with a heightened sensitivity to issues of […]

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The Children of Julia Child

A.D. Amorosi — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:30:00 +0000

For two streaming seasons at HBO, the vividly colorful life, innovative culinary skills and cultural change-making of the late Julia Child (1912-2004) have been on display for all to enjoy as much as they would a fine bouillabaisse or cassoulet. As an American-born chef and author who taught the world an approachable way into worldly […]

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The Death of Millennial Pink

Misha Scott — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:22:16 +0000

On January 20th, 2017, I went to see a music show at a small queer-centric community space in East Hollywood. It was the night of Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the day before the first Women’s March. The mood was somber. An artist called Cuddle Formation was playing, and they sat in the middle of the […]

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Elena Ferrante and Feminine Creativity

Brianna Di Monda and Stiliana Milkova — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:03:02 +0000

While there have been numerous essays, interviews, and op-eds published about Elena Ferrante, Stiliana Milkova’s Elena Ferrante as World Literature is the first English-language monograph on the author. With her new book, Milkova situates the pseudonymous Italian writer at the intersection of Greek mythology; Freudian psychoanalysis; and French, Italian, and Anglophone feminist thought, showing how […]

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Vincent Gallo and the Strange Unrealities of Buffalo 66

Sloane Dzhitenov — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:30:00 +0000

Many have tried to find the words to describe Vincent Gallo, but no epithet could do him as much justice as the artist’s portrayal of himself. This is a man who sells both his sperm and his body — advertised as a “wish, dream or fantasy with Vincent Gallo, ladies only” — on his website, using […]

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Jagged Little Healing

Raechel Anne Jolie — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:00:31 +0000

Content note: discussion of childhood sexual assault “I would love to go down on you,” is what my mom’s boyfriend said to me when he held me down on a bed when I was 13 years old. The only other time I had heard the phrase “go down on” was in Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know,” in […]

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From the Archives

The Smart Set Staff — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:16:36 +0000

Over the past few months, we have witnessed a surge of protests in response to police brutality against Black people, housing inequality, sexual harassment and assault, and in solidarity with frontline and essential workers (and this is just a microcosm of a network of issues being challenged). We are working within our college and institution […]

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Ode to Olivia

Camille DiBenedetto — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:48:49 +0000

Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Olivia Gatwood is a poet, performer, and educator. A Brave New Voices, Women of the World, and National Poetry Slam finalist, her poetry has been featured on HBO, Huffington Post, MTV, VH1, and BBC. Her latest book, New American Best Friend, reflects her experiences growing up in both New Mexico […]

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Dirty Plots

Chris Mautner — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:41:06 +0000

It’s unusual for anyone to wish they could be as cool as a cartoonist, but Julie Doucet is the rare exception to that rule. In her groundbreaking 1990s series, Dirty Plotte, Doucet delineated an aesthetic that was brazen, clever, funny, and broke taboos like they were cheap ceramic plates. Reading her comics, you could be […]

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Kindred Spirits

Melinda Lewis — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:42:56 +0000

The opening of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire begins with a ship waiting in the middle of the night. It is dark, foggy, unsettling. Another boat approaches and they begin shifting boxes of whiskey from one ship to the other. A nameless character asks them to hurry, “I’m a sitting duck out here,” while another refers to […]

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