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Above the Fold Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s politics of care ...mid-20th-century Civil Rights struggle, as well as labor union organizing that goes back some generations.” Her father was a tool and die maker who led... by Amelia Abraham Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in March ...I had access to the metaverse as a teenager, in my rural Washington town, who’s to say I wouldn’t have floated amongst its comedy clubs,... by Document Editors Above the Fold Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging ...passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882—a brutal piece of legislation that especially impacted the community of Chinese laborers in the San Francisco Bay... by Patrick Crowley Above the Fold Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company ...adult websites, they’re not allowed to post content depicting period blood. This means that women—who comprise 85 percent of top earners on the platform—whose work... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The noirish, alternative world of ‘The Biography of X’ ...good at creating a narrative around themself. You can get swept up with it. That’s where cult leaders come from. That’s where religions come from.... by Sammy Loren Above the Fold Rafael Prieto meditates on the harmony between the natural and man-made ...still] achieving something meaningful. Playing with words, thoughts, emotions—being free with them, and letting things come together naturally.” Elinor: When people come to the show,... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy ...connection that comes with the end of cold weather, underpinned by the promise of spring to come. The complete stream from all performers will be... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Why can’t sex workers find a bank? ...company tweeted upon learning that Wyre, the upstream payment processor they’d been using to process non-crypto payments, had terminated their account—allegedly because their own payment... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold flowerovlove’s scene-by-scene soundtrack to adolescent romance ...reason, and I’m finally at peace. Get to know yourself by being alone. Try things you never thought you’d do. Anything that gets you out... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...away from you. All my love, Liara Send your questions for Liara to advice@documentjournal.com to have them answered in future columns. They can also be... by Liara Roux Above the Fold Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling Behind every acclaimed actor is an 11-year-old girl holding auditions for self-authored screenplays after school. Or at least that’s the case for Sophie Thatcher, best-known... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization ...come to mind. But whether hyper-realistic or high fantasy, these images all have something in common: They’re based on the work of human artists, most... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art ...advertisement. Over the years, however, it’s come to embody the so-called Cowboy Ethos: one of respect, compassion, integrity, and a bond between man and the... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Alicia Keys and Moncler Genius capture the cool of New York The artist is the label’s latest co-creator, imagining garments that merge street style with the city’s characteristic elegance... by Document Journal Above the Fold In ‘DENTRO,’ Jester Bulnes is preoccupied with parallels, pairs, and the in-between ...adolescence and adulthood, where seemingly contradictory selves may come to be—college. While studying fine art at UCLA, Bulnes was confronted with branching versions of themself,... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Daytripping: Ghost dance ...is here, from this community, these dancers. Keeping alive this hard-won thing. This space of joy, this time where we share with each other the... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods ...of the duo, Andrew Fearn, drawing parallels between stand-up and the self-hypocrisy of lyricist Jason Williamson. To be sure, their latest record UK GRIM doesn’t... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories ...owned by Jacob Lawrence—an artist Hall admires—encased in a transparent box. Each painting is displayed alongside a response to the work from local community members.... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes ...growth of the website,” it states, suggesting that the results should dictate further spending.) In a couple of days, the company was valued at $25,000,... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold ‘What Is Psychedelic’ details Aura Rosenberg’s appetite for impulse ...an ad selling ‘comfort stones’ and decided to make my own for the edition. My friend Mike Smith, the video and performance artist, had been... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life The writer meets with Document to discuss her latest book, the low genre of autofiction, and the makings of a good party... by Jack Hjerpe Above the Fold Caroline Rose’s songs for seeking sincerity Caroline Rose is perhaps best-known for the satire present in both their music and persona, but their wit does not absolve them from sincerity. The... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Meet CupidBot, an AI designed to automate straight men’s dating life ...bot said to get them there). CupidBot was built by a team of alleged ex-Tinder engineers, and is currently in Beta testing. When I signed... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Jessan Macatangay’s soft, scanty, sculptural world ...things that are not modest.” Morgan: Your latest collection explores themes of feminine expression, sensuality, the meshing of softness and sharpness. Can you tell me... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold You probably haven’t heard about the most egregious Oscars snub ...lose her virginity, switching genres from act to act—from horror to comedy to anime—to produce a gritty, unserious, highly-sentimental account of coming of age. The... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Microsoft lays off its ethics team despite doubling down on AI offerings The team was tasked with predicting the dangers of new technologies, raising questions about the company’s commitment to responsible use... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Joni’s tracklist for jumpstarting spring fever ...feel like Prince is causally flirting with you. He always gets me when he says, ‘Let me come inside… Let me come inside…’ Okay babe,... by Jack Hjerpe Above the Fold Looking back on the oeuvre of Yvonne Rainer, iconoclast and artistic visionary ...artists in Lower Manhattan. Best-known for her work at Judson Memorial Church, she took part in the notorious exhibition slash anti-war protest People’s Flag Show,... by Tia Glista Above the Fold In ‘Inside,’ art informs character ...its angular composition and its capacity to elicit emotion with only a stare. In Vasilis Katsoupis’s Inside, Dafoe is the subject of a strange installation.... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold BOFFO makes its return to dry land with ‘Group Show: A Retrospective’ “It’s New York. Everyone’s tired, and everyone’s slaying.” A new acquaintance looked out over the patio of the Times Square EDITION in wistful contentment. Spring... by Journey Streams Above the Fold Behind the scenes with Gary Gill, the hairstylist imbuing high fashion with punk Gary Gill takes an irreverent approach to hair-styling, having come of age in the dead center of Brighton’s punk community. His work is artistic, sculptural;... by Document Journal Above the Fold Performance Space celebrates new paths across New York’s creative landscape ...working with lesbian content in the 1970s and ’80s, only [my] community validated my efforts. The best thing that can happen to arts in New... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Pornhub made free porn accessible to everyone—but at what cost? ...testing and rigorous search engine optimization to maximize performance. It also created a user experience that was intentionally addictive, not only by offering jerk-off fodder... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Model Diaries: Maty Drazek snapshots the lead-up to Miu Miu’s Fall/Winter 2023 show ...accordance with the label’s tradition. For the presentation’s models, it was the grand finale to a month spent at castings and fittings and parties, jetting... by Document Journal Above the Fold Avey Tare offers an unembellished self-portrait with ‘7s’ ...in looking back, but I think I was searching, and [with Animal Collective] I finally found something that was my own.” Decades later, his motives... by Conor Hudnut Above the Fold With ‘Cyberfeminism Index,’ Mindy Seu snapshots a mutating movement ...practice of sorts. Sanjana: How did you convert the spreadsheet into the website? Mindy: When the spreadsheet became a website, our primary question was, How... by Sanjana Varghese Above the Fold Setting the stage for falling in love, or something like it ...rustic wood paneling; an airport terminal, authentic down to its massive departures board; the show’s latest concept, for Season 24, went the “getaway” route—mid-century Palm... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold What can we do about deepfake porn? ...in part because the legislative measures to hold platforms accountable could conflict with free-speech protections. For instance, limiting the protections provided by Section 230 of... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Antanas Sutkus portraits subtle assertions of the self in Lithuania ...photographer’s latest book, Street Life is his fourth with Steidl, each of which depicts the Lithuanian people’s subtle and sometimes subconscious assertions of self. His... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold What internet sex drama says about our political climate ...Badgley’s request to omit sex scenes in the latest season of You—allegedly in order to “remain faithful” to his wife—which spurred viral discourse about whether... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold For Winter 2023, Bruno Sialelli observes the far-reaching history of Lanvin From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to the ’80s, the French house’s latest collection drew from disparate eras to modernize bygone design... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Hedi Slimane captures Bob Dylan, the latest in a long line of sonic muses Bob Dylan is the latest in a long line of artists captured by Hedi Slimane, joining the ranks of Jack White, Iggy Pop, and Julian... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Chiiild’s sonic North Stars ...taste! Mk.gee is able to sonically capture emotion. The journey he and Vegyn take the listener on is really intriguing, but comes with an overwhelming... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Maggie Millner breathes new life into old traditions with ‘Couplets’ ...is less about a happily ever after and more about the capacity for relationships to act as an engine for self-knowledge—a stage upon which to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Saint Laurent reanimates old-school craft ...to tried-and-true signatures—underscoring that sense of nostalgia, or maybe déjà vu. “Vaccarello distilled the essence of classic Saint Laurent style,” read the press release, “and... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Dior combs its archive for Fall/Winter 2023, paying tribute to the house’s icons ...would likewise go on to inform Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest designs. Where the venue was maximalist, the clothes were refined, taking inspiration yet again from... by Document Journal Above the Fold For Vex Ashley, pleasure is an act of resistance ...aware of the power that sex has. And as you come into your sexuality, you realize very quickly that it is complicated, and that it... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in February ...near-frightening accuracy. I commissioned one for my work wife for Valentine’s, launching me toward supremacy in the (probably one-sided) competition for her affection against the... by Document Editors Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...Europe lately—if it feels right, maybe you’ll join us. Xoxo, Liara Send your questions for Liara to advice@documentjournal.com to have them answered in future columns.... by Liara Roux Above the Fold Kelela, a raver reborn ...every opportunity that comes to me is meant for me. Sometimes it looks like it is, and it’s not. “Not every opportunity that comes to... by Ludwig Hurtado
Above the Fold Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s politics of care ...mid-20th-century Civil Rights struggle, as well as labor union organizing that goes back some generations.” Her father was a tool and die maker who led... by Amelia Abraham
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in March ...I had access to the metaverse as a teenager, in my rural Washington town, who’s to say I wouldn’t have floated amongst its comedy clubs,... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging ...passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882—a brutal piece of legislation that especially impacted the community of Chinese laborers in the San Francisco Bay... by Patrick Crowley
Above the Fold Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company ...adult websites, they’re not allowed to post content depicting period blood. This means that women—who comprise 85 percent of top earners on the platform—whose work... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The noirish, alternative world of ‘The Biography of X’ ...good at creating a narrative around themself. You can get swept up with it. That’s where cult leaders come from. That’s where religions come from.... by Sammy Loren
Above the Fold Rafael Prieto meditates on the harmony between the natural and man-made ...still] achieving something meaningful. Playing with words, thoughts, emotions—being free with them, and letting things come together naturally.” Elinor: When people come to the show,... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy ...connection that comes with the end of cold weather, underpinned by the promise of spring to come. The complete stream from all performers will be... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Why can’t sex workers find a bank? ...company tweeted upon learning that Wyre, the upstream payment processor they’d been using to process non-crypto payments, had terminated their account—allegedly because their own payment... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold flowerovlove’s scene-by-scene soundtrack to adolescent romance ...reason, and I’m finally at peace. Get to know yourself by being alone. Try things you never thought you’d do. Anything that gets you out... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...away from you. All my love, Liara Send your questions for Liara to advice@documentjournal.com to have them answered in future columns. They can also be... by Liara Roux
Above the Fold Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling Behind every acclaimed actor is an 11-year-old girl holding auditions for self-authored screenplays after school. Or at least that’s the case for Sophie Thatcher, best-known... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization ...come to mind. But whether hyper-realistic or high fantasy, these images all have something in common: They’re based on the work of human artists, most... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art ...advertisement. Over the years, however, it’s come to embody the so-called Cowboy Ethos: one of respect, compassion, integrity, and a bond between man and the... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Alicia Keys and Moncler Genius capture the cool of New York The artist is the label’s latest co-creator, imagining garments that merge street style with the city’s characteristic elegance... by Document Journal
Above the Fold In ‘DENTRO,’ Jester Bulnes is preoccupied with parallels, pairs, and the in-between ...adolescence and adulthood, where seemingly contradictory selves may come to be—college. While studying fine art at UCLA, Bulnes was confronted with branching versions of themself,... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Daytripping: Ghost dance ...is here, from this community, these dancers. Keeping alive this hard-won thing. This space of joy, this time where we share with each other the... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods ...of the duo, Andrew Fearn, drawing parallels between stand-up and the self-hypocrisy of lyricist Jason Williamson. To be sure, their latest record UK GRIM doesn’t... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories ...owned by Jacob Lawrence—an artist Hall admires—encased in a transparent box. Each painting is displayed alongside a response to the work from local community members.... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes ...growth of the website,” it states, suggesting that the results should dictate further spending.) In a couple of days, the company was valued at $25,000,... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold ‘What Is Psychedelic’ details Aura Rosenberg’s appetite for impulse ...an ad selling ‘comfort stones’ and decided to make my own for the edition. My friend Mike Smith, the video and performance artist, had been... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life The writer meets with Document to discuss her latest book, the low genre of autofiction, and the makings of a good party... by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold Caroline Rose’s songs for seeking sincerity Caroline Rose is perhaps best-known for the satire present in both their music and persona, but their wit does not absolve them from sincerity. The... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Meet CupidBot, an AI designed to automate straight men’s dating life ...bot said to get them there). CupidBot was built by a team of alleged ex-Tinder engineers, and is currently in Beta testing. When I signed... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Jessan Macatangay’s soft, scanty, sculptural world ...things that are not modest.” Morgan: Your latest collection explores themes of feminine expression, sensuality, the meshing of softness and sharpness. Can you tell me... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold You probably haven’t heard about the most egregious Oscars snub ...lose her virginity, switching genres from act to act—from horror to comedy to anime—to produce a gritty, unserious, highly-sentimental account of coming of age. The... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Microsoft lays off its ethics team despite doubling down on AI offerings The team was tasked with predicting the dangers of new technologies, raising questions about the company’s commitment to responsible use... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Joni’s tracklist for jumpstarting spring fever ...feel like Prince is causally flirting with you. He always gets me when he says, ‘Let me come inside… Let me come inside…’ Okay babe,... by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold Looking back on the oeuvre of Yvonne Rainer, iconoclast and artistic visionary ...artists in Lower Manhattan. Best-known for her work at Judson Memorial Church, she took part in the notorious exhibition slash anti-war protest People’s Flag Show,... by Tia Glista
Above the Fold In ‘Inside,’ art informs character ...its angular composition and its capacity to elicit emotion with only a stare. In Vasilis Katsoupis’s Inside, Dafoe is the subject of a strange installation.... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold BOFFO makes its return to dry land with ‘Group Show: A Retrospective’ “It’s New York. Everyone’s tired, and everyone’s slaying.” A new acquaintance looked out over the patio of the Times Square EDITION in wistful contentment. Spring... by Journey Streams
Above the Fold Behind the scenes with Gary Gill, the hairstylist imbuing high fashion with punk Gary Gill takes an irreverent approach to hair-styling, having come of age in the dead center of Brighton’s punk community. His work is artistic, sculptural;... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Performance Space celebrates new paths across New York’s creative landscape ...working with lesbian content in the 1970s and ’80s, only [my] community validated my efforts. The best thing that can happen to arts in New... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Pornhub made free porn accessible to everyone—but at what cost? ...testing and rigorous search engine optimization to maximize performance. It also created a user experience that was intentionally addictive, not only by offering jerk-off fodder... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Model Diaries: Maty Drazek snapshots the lead-up to Miu Miu’s Fall/Winter 2023 show ...accordance with the label’s tradition. For the presentation’s models, it was the grand finale to a month spent at castings and fittings and parties, jetting... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Avey Tare offers an unembellished self-portrait with ‘7s’ ...in looking back, but I think I was searching, and [with Animal Collective] I finally found something that was my own.” Decades later, his motives... by Conor Hudnut
Above the Fold With ‘Cyberfeminism Index,’ Mindy Seu snapshots a mutating movement ...practice of sorts. Sanjana: How did you convert the spreadsheet into the website? Mindy: When the spreadsheet became a website, our primary question was, How... by Sanjana Varghese
Above the Fold Setting the stage for falling in love, or something like it ...rustic wood paneling; an airport terminal, authentic down to its massive departures board; the show’s latest concept, for Season 24, went the “getaway” route—mid-century Palm... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold What can we do about deepfake porn? ...in part because the legislative measures to hold platforms accountable could conflict with free-speech protections. For instance, limiting the protections provided by Section 230 of... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Antanas Sutkus portraits subtle assertions of the self in Lithuania ...photographer’s latest book, Street Life is his fourth with Steidl, each of which depicts the Lithuanian people’s subtle and sometimes subconscious assertions of self. His... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold What internet sex drama says about our political climate ...Badgley’s request to omit sex scenes in the latest season of You—allegedly in order to “remain faithful” to his wife—which spurred viral discourse about whether... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold For Winter 2023, Bruno Sialelli observes the far-reaching history of Lanvin From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to the ’80s, the French house’s latest collection drew from disparate eras to modernize bygone design... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Hedi Slimane captures Bob Dylan, the latest in a long line of sonic muses Bob Dylan is the latest in a long line of artists captured by Hedi Slimane, joining the ranks of Jack White, Iggy Pop, and Julian... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Chiiild’s sonic North Stars ...taste! Mk.gee is able to sonically capture emotion. The journey he and Vegyn take the listener on is really intriguing, but comes with an overwhelming... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Maggie Millner breathes new life into old traditions with ‘Couplets’ ...is less about a happily ever after and more about the capacity for relationships to act as an engine for self-knowledge—a stage upon which to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Saint Laurent reanimates old-school craft ...to tried-and-true signatures—underscoring that sense of nostalgia, or maybe déjà vu. “Vaccarello distilled the essence of classic Saint Laurent style,” read the press release, “and... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Dior combs its archive for Fall/Winter 2023, paying tribute to the house’s icons ...would likewise go on to inform Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest designs. Where the venue was maximalist, the clothes were refined, taking inspiration yet again from... by Document Journal
Above the Fold For Vex Ashley, pleasure is an act of resistance ...aware of the power that sex has. And as you come into your sexuality, you realize very quickly that it is complicated, and that it... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in February ...near-frightening accuracy. I commissioned one for my work wife for Valentine’s, launching me toward supremacy in the (probably one-sided) competition for her affection against the... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...Europe lately—if it feels right, maybe you’ll join us. Xoxo, Liara Send your questions for Liara to advice@documentjournal.com to have them answered in future columns.... by Liara Roux
Above the Fold Kelela, a raver reborn ...every opportunity that comes to me is meant for me. Sometimes it looks like it is, and it’s not. “Not every opportunity that comes to... by Ludwig Hurtado