“If I had to choose one bird as my mascot,” Mya-Rose Craig writes in her memoir Birdgirl, “it would be the Harpy Eagle: fearsome raptors, named for the harpies of Greek mythology (part woman, part bird, and utterly terrifying).” It is an unexpected pairing, to judge from the self-assured 20-year-old […]
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Consider the Butt, From Its Complicated History to Pop-Culture Fascination
“Kim Kardashian bares all,” teased the been-there, seen-that headline for Interview’s September cover story, studded with red-blooded American tropes: banner-size flag, platinum hair, blue jeans and jacket surrounding two impossibly round cheeks. “A jockstrap is just a frame for a great butt,” editor in chief Mel Ottenberg told her, referring […]
Lupita Nyong’o on the First-Ever Sulwe Day and the Power of Fantasy—From Storybooks to ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Where in the world is Lupita Nyong’o? This time next month, at least in fictional terms, she will find herself in high-tech paradise, reprising her role as Nakia in the anticipated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. (The Marvel sequel, directed by Ryan Coogler, arrives in theaters November 11.) But for now, […]