
Confronting emerging mythologies from the striptease to gang wars to ‘The Sims’
Document asked 15 critics to turn philosopher Roland Barthes’s 1950s magazine column on its head for its Spring/Summer 2024 issue

Natasha Stagg’s ‘Artless’ is the fringes of fandom
The book tunnels down the bottomless pit of celebrity, exploring how self-commodification diminishes star power by making stars of us all

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.

RIP, Opening Ceremony: designers, DJs, and Club Kids remember the store that was more like a family
“In the new millennium, the city submerged into a cultural blackout period...Opening Ceremony offered an anchoring beam of light.” Walt Cassidy, Natasha Stagg, and more...
