For the Pitchfork Sunday Review, I wrote about Nona Hendryx, Labelle, and her landmark 1989 album SkinDiver, online September 2022.
THE ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER: “Brooklyn Museum Stages Retrospective of ‘Total Artist’ Virgil Abloh”
I reviewed Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition for the Architect’s Newspaper, online July 2022.
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST: “Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them in Plain Sight”
I wrote about the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project for AD PRO, online June 2022.
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST: “Clever’s Guide to Pride Flags through the Decades”
I wrote about the evolution and politics of the pride flag for Architectural Digest, online June 2022.
PITCHFORK: “NOW That’s What I Call Pride”
I reviewed the compilation for Pitchfork, online June 2022.
APERTURE: “Duane Michals: The Human Condition”
For Aperture’s summer issue guest edited by Alec Soth, I talked with Duane Michals, online and in print June 2022.
SURFACE: “Revisiting the Legacy of the Preeminent Queer Art-World Agitators”
I wrote about the General Idea retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada for Surface’s Design Dispatch newsletter, online June 2022.
METROPOLIS: “Salon 94 Recreates Kate Millett’s 1967 Fantasy Furniture Exhibition”
I wrote about Kate Millett, Fluxus, and feminism for Metropolis, online February 2022.
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST: “The Artsy Home Urinal Is Ready to Make a Splash”
I wrote about artistic and green approaches to home urinals for AD Pro, online January 2022.
ARTFORUM: “Oh Holy Night: On Kiki & Herb’s Queer Holiday Cheer”
I wrote about Kiki & Herb for Artforum, online December 2021.
ARTFORUM: “Justin Liam O’Brien”
I wrote about Justin Liam O’Brien and his show at Monya Rowe Gallery for Artforum, online and in print December 2021.
PITCHFORK: Eris Drew’s “Quivering in Time”
I reviewed the new album by Eris Drew for Pitchfork, online October 2021.
ARTFORUM: “Sal Salandra”
I wrote about the artist Sal Salandra and his show at NYC’s Club Rhubarb for ArtForum, in print and online September 2021.
THE NEW YORKER: “The Queer Past Gets Deleted on eBay”
I wrote about artists and scholars who have relied on the auction site to tell queer histories, and eBay’s banning of “sexual materials” for The New Yorker, online August 2021.
ARTFORUM: “Glitter in the Air: Tabboo! 1982-88”
I profiled Tabboo! on the occasion of a new monograph of his early work for ArtForum, online August 2021.
PITCHFORK: LSDXOXO’s “Dedicated 2 Disrespect EP”
I reviewed the new EP by LSDXOXO for Pitchfork, online May 2021.
PITCHFORK: DJ Sprinkles: “Gayest Tits & Greyest Shits: 1998-2017 12-Inches & One-offs”
I wrote about the politics of house music and a new compilation from DJ Sprinkles for Pitchfork, online May 2021.
THEM.: “15 Songs We Can’t Wait to Dance to After Quarantine.”
I wrote about what it might be like when clubs reopen after the COVID pandemic, and interviewed artists and DJs around the world about songs they’ve been aching to hear again, for Them. online March 2021.
APERTURE: “The Glamorous World of L.A.’s Vanished Queer Underground”
I reviewed Reynaldo Rivera’s book of photographs for Aperture, online March 2021.
BOOK: Stephen Milner’s “A Spiritual Good Time”
I wrote an essay for Stephen Milner’s book of photography, published by Meteørø Editions, February 2021.
PITCHFORK: Dax Pierson’s “Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction)
I reviewed the new album by Dax Pierson for Pitchfork, online February 2021.
PITCHFORK: Yvette Janine Jackson’s “Freedom”
I reviewed Yvette Janine Jackson’s album for Pitchfork, online January 2021.
BEYOND REPROACH: “Freedom Costs a Buck 0 Five: Episode 26”
I appeared on the Beyond Reproach podcast to talk shit about Edwin Meese III.
PITCHFORK: “The 100 Best Songs of 2020”
I wrote about Shamir’s “On My Own” for Pitchfork, online December 2020.
PITCHFORK: Coil’s “Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol. 1”
I reviewed the reissue of Coil’s seminal album for Pitchfork, online November 2020.
PITCHFORK: “The Music that Made Beverly Glenn-Copeland”
I interviewed the musician about the music he’s listened (and not listened) to over the last seventy years, for Pitchfork, online November 2020.
PITCHFORK: Seth Bogart’s “Men on the Verge of Nothing”
I reviewed the new album by Seth Bogart for Pitchfork, online October 2020.
APERTURE: “Day Jobs: Duane Michals”
I interviewed the photographer for Aperture, in print Fall 2000.
THE NEW YORKER: “How DeForrest Brown, Jr., Centers the Black Body in Techno Music”
I profiled the musician and theorist for the New Yorker, online August 2020.
THE NEW YORKER: “A Thriving Digital Space for Willi Smith, Sportswear Genius”
I wrote about a retrospective of Willi Smith at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum for The New Yorker, online July 2020.