Buffy Summers said ACAB: How the ’90s TV series embraced the real Big Bad
Dennis Rodman was Black boy joy before it was acceptable
In 2020, we're all unconsciously dressing like the intrepid, queer-friendly, cross-dressing NBA star
Is this virtual strip club an oracle of post-pandemic sex work?
Strippers have been cut out of stimulus checks, while clubs are ineligible for small business loans. At Sanctuary, dancers are making bank while doing whatever...
Led by the Black Surf Association, hundreds of surfers paid tribute to victims of police violence
The killing of Floyd last month has ignited a national reckoning with systemic racism in every facet of American life, including sports.
King Kumo might be the future’s flyest marine biologist
Meet the 26-year-old, DaBaby-approved dancer, inspired by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
How do we memorialize America’s gun violence epidemic if we can’t yet see its end?
“The question of how to memorialize an ongoing epidemic is a fraught one, particularly at a time when mass shootings have become such a common...
Street Riders NYC, the cycling collective on the revolution’s frontline
“This is for black lives, for justice”: A month ago they were strangers. Last weekend they led a rally of 10,000 cyclists across Manhattan
Montez Press Radio brings us the best (and weirdest) of the downtown arts and culture scene
The station's founders curate a guide to a few of their favorite shows from 'Tongue and Cheek' to 'Piracy, Libraries, Access'
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[Reframing the Future]: Over 50 photographers unite to combat white supremacy
Proceeds from the print sale are donated to the National Bail Out and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Insha Rahman breaks down how the US bail system perpetuates racial injustice
Over the past month, bail funds have raised millions of dollars. The next step is abolishing cash bail altogether
At home with Tibet’s last remaining nomadic families
Photographer Nikki McClarron captures the intergenerational community as they uphold ancient, sacred traditions
Help fight anti-Asian hate by bidding on poetry, original art, and Kichin’s crispy fish recipe
Lulu Yao Gioiello and Sirui Ma launch an auction to support New York's Asian American Federation
The sweet escapism of my queer Sims community
In the era of social distancing, heaven is a pixelated hot tub and having at least four girlfriends.
Focus beats, dance theater, very good films: Polina Zakh’s online culture guide
The creative mastermind—and VP of Sila Sveta—shows us how she keeps her curiosity satiated during quarantine.
Lost joys found: What 19 Document contributors are rediscovering in isolation
During lockdown, Kris Van Assche revisits his extensive library, Lucie and Luke Meier rekindle their love for cooking, and Karl Templer unearths a favorite Irving...
Try your hand at making masks this weekend with UpWrap’s Amber Testino
Partnering with Simone Rocha, Dawei, and more, the sustainable gift wrapping company has reallocated its resources to mask-making efforts
4 essential quar walks for isolated It-girls
Rachel Sennott's CDC-compliant guide to looking hot while haunting the streets of your hometown
Document Journal launches its 16th issue for Spring/Summer 2020
For Document Spring/Summer 2020, we survey the terrain and map the course of the world around us, both where we’ve been and where we’re headed,...
Neil Hamamoto gave 1600 rolls of film to everyday Americans—here are their photos
Over the course of four short months, the artist traveled across the country to distribute free 35mm film in 18 different cities, staying for a...
Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/22/20
Earthquakes, Starbucks bros, and gas for $2.69 a gallon—is this how the world will end?
Caroline Calloway is the unlikely antihero of the corona era
Come for the chaos, stay for the charity: the art of spinning personal scandal into media gold
Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/21/20
Plague mass and mass surveillance: is this how the world will end?
Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/20/20
The fetish legend enters Month Two of isolation in the California desert.
Rick Castro’s Quarantine Diary, 4/19/20
As the fetish legend enters a second month of isolation in the California desert, he ponders if each passing day is how the world will...
Kat Cunning’s guide to self-isolation for horny extroverts
Daddy's digital cultural guide includes Leilah Weinraub's strip club documentary, an app for sharing nudes, and a poetry Wheel of Fortune
A passionate, impromptu dance with Danza Voluminosa
Meet the extraordinary performers of Cuba’s plus-size dance troupe
Diana Gordon is the hood’s Katniss Everdeen
As she releases her EP 'Wasted Youth,' the singer explains why she's always been preparing for the apocalypse
‘Nowadays, sensitivity is cool’: a day in the studio with photographer Josh Aronson
Meet the youth culture aficionado bringing tropical warmth to Brooklyn
Mastering the art of the thirst trap with Dana Donnelly
Wipe the crust from your eyes and grab a bikini top, it's time to become a quarantine cutie
Virtual punk fests, fantasy wrestling: GMO Gallery’s guide to self-isolating online
10 things to do that aren't mindlessly scrolling through Twitter, selected by the founders of our new favorite virtual gallery
Rachel Sennott’s guide to getting a Corona Boyfriend
Everything you need to know about dating during the quar
Glory Hole, a documentary project honoring America’s counterculture legends
From the mud to the road, filmmaker Hunter Ray Barker tells the fantastical true stories of fringe entertainers
Haunted mansions, homoerotic art: Rick Castro’s guide to self-isolating online
The underground fetish legend picks 6 spooky, sexy things to do on the internet this week
Life lessons from a former dominatrix
Meet Claudia Summers, a downtown rebel who learned S&M methods from Robert Mapplethorpe
Look inside ‘0-9,’ the radically experimental magazine that broke all the rules of language
The lost ’60s magazine that gave artists Sol Lewitt and Adrian Piper true conceptual freedom
5 things to do on the internet this week, from DJ streams to voguing lessons
Document's URL guide to staying cultured from your couch
Here’s how to donate protective gear to the COVID-19 frontlines
Mask Crusaders is calling on all artists, builders, and anyone else with spare masks or monthly MetroCards
The DIY magic of Art-Rite, the magazine that redefined the 1970s art scene
Featuring works by Genesis P-Orridge, Patti Smith, and Laurie Anderson, Art-Rite embodied the anarchic free-for-all that was Downtown New York.
Terry and Tricia Jones, the iconoclastic duo behind ‘i-D’ magazine, find salvation in Upstate New York
As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. 40 years after its...
Cultural appropriation is bad, but we wouldn’t have hip hop without it
From viral dances to ‘American Dirt,’ author Lauren Michele Jackson explains the difference between creative evolution and cultural theft.
Only NY honors Peter Saul and the soul of New York City
The streetwear brand salutes the eccentric, anti-establishment art of Peter Saul at New Museum.
Unmasking Paris Fashion Week’s most controversial, coronavirus-fueled trend
Surgical masks dominated front rows this week—why I'm not wearing fashion's new favorite accessory.
I just kinda wish you were gay: my thrilling, painful dive into queerbaiting culture
As pop stars increasingly tap into queer aesthetics, our codes of recognition have been transmuted into accessories for capitalistic gain.
Inside the rowdy world of Brooklyn indie wrestling
Outlaw Wrestling brings The Southern Psycho and full body-slams to a Catholic school gym.
Vince Aletti teaches us how to build a legendary magazine collection
The writer and champion of print media makes a compelling case for spending more time on eBay.
‘Six Feet Under’ still serves our collective cultural anxiety
Why—in today's ‘golden age of television’—I turned to the surreal family drama that dominated television from 2001 to 2005.
Meet Ross Days, the triple fire sign who became Jeremy O. Harris’s latest muse
Kimberly Drew speaks to New York’s favorite SoulCycle instructor-turned-actor about his passion for social work and the importance of black, queer representation.
Natasha Stagg’s 4 favorite works of (sad girl) fiction and cultural criticism
From Eve Babitz to Elizabeth Hardwick, the ‘Sleeveless’ author gives a crash course in navigating your social existence.
frog design’s Moon scooters are one giant ‘LEAP’ for transportation
For Document's Fall/Winter 2019 lunar portfolio, the worldwide design firm imagines three products for life on the Moon.
