In April 1987 the National Museum of Women in the Arts opened to fanfare and corresponding controversy. Its founder, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, had a spartan, though burdensome, mission: to reinsert women into…
Month: October 2023
Madonna, Pepsi, “Like a Prayer,” and the Music Video That Rewired Pop Capitalism
Madonna’s divorce from Sean Penn was finalized on January 25, 1989, the same day Pepsi announced an unprecedented agreement with her. She would release her new single, “Like a Prayer,” during a…
“A Sort of Rebirth, Along With an Exorcism”: Photographer Emma Summerton on Her New Show
While the images are new, the body of work draws familiar themes that have appeared in Summerton’s work since the genesis of her career and revolved around her since birth. The photographs,…
Daniel Clowes on His Most Personal Work Yet
Readers may not associate alternative comics legend Daniel Clowes with autobiography, but he’s always been present in his work. “It’s funny. I always think every book is not really that personal,” the…
Sara Ahmed on the Life-Changing Magic of Killing Joy
“When you expose a problem, you pose a problem,” writes British Australian scholar Sara Ahmed in her new book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way (Seal…
Bari Weiss’s Salon for the Disenfranchised Is Just the Beginning for the Free Press
The Free Press has yet to raise a round that’s not family and friends, but it is not out of the question that they will. (Clarence Thomas bestie Harlan Crow and Palantir…