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  1. profile
    Angel Olsen Might Not Let You InThe mercurial musician talks about heartbreak, collaboration, and graveyards near her home in Asheville, North Carolina.
    By Allison P. Davis
  2. encounter
    The Celebrity Book Curator Selling Literary Taste By the FootThatcher Wine is the CEO and founder of Juniper Books, which might be the company to credit (or to blame) for your friend’s color-coded bookshelves.
    By Hilary Reid
  3. profile
    Hollywood Almost Broke Renée Zellweger. Now She’s Back.After the Bridget Jones years, after the Harvey-at-Miramax years, after a long break from acting, the star is ready to play Judy Garland.
    By Jonathan Van Meter
  4. fall fashion
    Kimora Lee Simmons Wants the Revived Baby Phat to Be As Big As ChanelThe onetime model-mogul is relaunching the early-aughts brand that helped turn streetwear into a movement.
    By Allison P. Davis
  5. What Keeps This 14-Year Elite Marathon Runner Pushing ForwardSara Hall on finding a new kind of strength in a new era.
  6. profile
    Linda Cardellini, Still Blooming“You can play the ingenue or you could play the woman who’s got a hunch on her back. And the hunchback was always my choice.”
    By Molly Lambert
  7. profile
    Jada Pinkett Smith Might Be the Best Reason to Keep Your Facebook AccountThe movie star is carving her own lane with Red Table Talk.
    By Allison P. Davis
  8. vision 2020
    Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange ChildhoodWhich may just help explain why she’s so totally out of place in today’s Democratic Party. And her long-shot race for the presidency.
    By Kerry Howley
  9. profile
    Asia Kate Dillon on Finding the Way to ‘They’And where the Billions and John Wick 3 star is going from there.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  10. profile
    The Realness of Billy Porter“My authenticity was a liability for me for a long time.”
    By Emilia Petrarca
  13. profile
    Inside JonBoy’s Teeny-Tiny Tattoo TempleWhere celebrities go for discreet ink and a dose of prayer.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  14. profile
    Natasha Lyonne’s Alternate RealityThe star of Russian Doll has outsmarted us all.
    By Lauren Oyler
  15. profile
    Jodie Comer Is TV’s Most Captivating AssassinAs Killing Eve’s Villanelle, she pulled off perhaps the most fascinating performance: a vicious sociopath so cheeky we couldn’t help but root for her.
    By Allison P. Davis
  16. profile
    Jenny Lewis Is Still Figuring It OutThe singer-songwriter’s new album follows a major breakup and her mother’s death.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  17. profile
    The Feminist Paradox of Cathy GuisewiteShe made a wildly successful comic strip by and for women. But to her critics, she’s just another example of compromised feminism.
    By Rachel Syme
  18. the body politic
    Stacey Abrams Has a Big Decision to MakeGovernor? Senator? Veep? President?! The Georgian who is usually sure about everything finds herself conflicted about her future.
    By Rebecca Traister
  19. profile
    Lindy West Is Watching HerselfThe co-creator of Shrill on life after the internet.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  20. spring 2019 fashion issue
    Simone Rocha Is the Queen of the New WeirdHer quirky, wearable, ultra-feminine clothes have made her one of the most successful young designers of her generation.
    By Cathy Horyn
  21. spring 2019 fashion issue
     It’s Just a Matter of Time Before Everyone Loves LizzoWe thought we knew what to expect from a pop star, and then she came along.
    By Allison P. Davis
  22. spring 2019 fashion issue
    Gen Z’s ‘It’ Girl Is a BoyLuka Sabbat is 2019’s Chloë Sevigny.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  25. celebrity
    The Making and Marketing of a 9-Year-Old Meme MachineThe legend of Lil Tay, the foul-mouthed preteen who swept Instagram.
    By Lauren Levy
  26. profile
    Aya Cash Doesn’t Mind Being the WorstAnd as her FXX cult-comedy ends, she’s ready for whatever comes next.
    By Anna Silman
  27. profile
    Everyone’s Ready to Watch Greta LeeAnd the actress is feeling the pressure of being seen.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  28. profile
    Lena Dunham Comes to Terms With HerselfShe’s mostly done making herself the subject of the story.
    By Allison P. Davis
  29. fascinator
    This Actress Will Make You Rethink Self-LoveThe star of Pose talks self-love and activism.
    By Allison P. Davis
  30. profile
    Our Lady of Immaculate TastePenny Martin, editor of fashion’s quirkiest indie mag, on nearly a decade of publishing The Gentlewoman.
    By Molly Fischer
  31. media
    The Skimm Has the Ear of Millions of Women. What Are They Going to Do With It?Seven million people wake up to their newsletter, and their voice, every morning.
    By Noreen Malone
  32. profile
    Ina Garten Knows Exactly What She WantsChatting with the chef and TV personality after the release of her 11th cookbook.
    By Emily Sundberg
  33. profile
    Samin Nosrat Is a New Kind of Domestic GoddessMaking a BLT with the host of Netflix’s Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  34. profile
    Cat Power Is Doing Just Fine, ThanksWith her first album in six years, Chan Marshall is back.
    By Jessica Hopper
  37. fashion
    Rachel Comey Makes Herself ComfortableThe designer has built an independent fashion business making other women feel that way too.
    By Cathy Horyn
  38. profile
    The World Has Finally Caught Up to Jane FondaThe original celebrity activist on regret and radical empathy in the age of Trump.
    By Marin Cogan
  39. profile
    Tessa Thompson Knows People Can’t Stop Thinking About HerShe’d just rather you think about her work than her personal life.
    By Allison P. Davis
  40. profile
    Amber Tamblyn Is Advocating for Women, and HerselfShe’s lactating on late-night TV, teaching feminism to David Cross and Quentin Tarantino, and attacking rape culture in her debut novel.
    By Lisa Miller
  41. profile
    Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan Can Control Her Feelings and Yours, TooOn Lush she’ll make you feel like a teen again.
    By Allison P. Davis
  42. profile
    Meet Jorja Smith: The Soul Singer Who Turned Down Drake“Maybe I am a bit of a siren.”
    By Allison P. Davis
  43. no man's land
    Jessica Williams Is Ready to Claim What’s HersShe has built a corner of Hollywood that’s entirely her own.
    By Mary H.K. Choi
  44. from the archives
    Sarah Jessica Parker Would Like a Few Words With Carrie BradshawRevisiting New York’s 2008 profile of the Sex and the City star.
    By Emily Nussbaum
  45. profile
    Liz Phair, 25 Years Out of ExileA quarter century after her career-making album, she’s still writing songs first and foremost for herself.
    By Emily Gould
  46. profile
    Busy Philipps on Instagram, Her BFF Michelle Williams, and Losing Heath LedgerInstagram’s favorite storyteller has so much more to say.
    By Allie Jones
  49. profile
    Kay Cannon Ponders the Dilemma of Making Big-Budget Feminist ComedyThe Pitch Perfect writer and Girlboss showrunner sees her directorial debut, the teen sex comedy Blockers, as a feminist project of a certain stripe.
    By Allison P. Davis
  50. profile
    Can Leslie Jamison Top The Empathy Exams With Her Mega-Memoir of Addiction?The Recovering is a 534-page palimpsest of Jamison’s battle with alcoholism that doesn’t adhere to the typical recovery narrative structure.
    By Ruth Shalit Barrett
  51. fascinators
    Roxanne, Roxanne Tells the Unknown Story of the First Female RapperThe relentlessly optimistic rapper gets her day and then some.
    By Allison P. Davis
  52. encounter
    This 10-Year-Old Drag Performer Is Cooler Than YouShopping with drag kid and LGBTQIA herstorian Desmond Napoles, a.k.a. Desmond Is Amazing.
    By Lauren Levy
  53. profile
    Zazie Beetz on Deadpool, Atlanta, and Overcoming Her AnxietyIn the chaotic world of Atlanta, she’s a grounding force.
    By Allison P. Davis
  54. culture
    ‘Don’t Get Caught Up in Men’ and Other Easy Business Advice From a Beauty MogulKa’oir on starting a beauty empire, making $30 million, and life with Gucci Mane.
    By Allison P. Davis
  55. profile
    Poppy Just Might Be the Warhol of the Youtube EraIs the viral star and pop singer enacting a meta-commentary on fame? Or does she simply want to be famous?
    By Allison P. Davis
  56. profile
    After a Very Big Year, Mary J. Blige Is Seeing Herself Anew“I learned that I’m a powerful woman because I don’t have to say much to be heard,” says the R&B star and double Oscar nominee.
    By Carl Swanson
  57. profile
    Barbara Kruger ForeverThe essential artist talks Ikea, Trump, hypebeasts, sex, and power.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  58. profile
    The Magic Skin of Glossier’s Emily WeissHow fast can a beauty blogger become the millennials’ Estée Lauder? About three years.
    By Amy Larocca
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