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Cintra Wilson

Cintra Wilson is a former New York Times fashion critic and the author of four books, including Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style and A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Re-Examined as a Grotesque, Crippling Disease. Her artwork can be seen at www.cintrawilsonart.com (December 2020)

‘Where the Patriarchy Strikes’: An Interview with Merrill Markoe

The comedian, artist, and graphic novelist looks back on her career as a woman in comedy on the occasion of her tenth book, a graphic novel based on her childhood diaries.

April 4, 2021

The Pleasure Crafts

A new history of pornography before it became commercial.

The People’s Porn: A History of Handmade Pornography in America

by Lisa Z. Sigel

December 17, 2020 issue

Wayne (Jared Keeso), Dan (K. Trevor Wilson), Katy (Michelle Mylett), and Daryl (Nathan Dales), Letterkenny, 2016

Brutal, Moral 'LetterKenny'

The ensemble comedy is a mix of ferociously smart, savage dialogue and lyrical, slow-motion fight scenes that have you rooting for them like a hockey fan.

July 24, 2020

My Quarantine: Obsessed with Oil Painting

I had earth-moving revelations as I graduated from using makeup brushes to real sable, and switched from canvas to linen panels. My formerly adorable kitchen now looks as though Francis Bacon had assaulted a pope in it.

April 29, 2020