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How Awkwafina made it to Marvel

Move over, Avengers! In Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Three Rings, the actress adds Nora-from-Queens sizzle to the MCU’s most progressive film yet.

Pose and the limits of representation politics

The third and final series of Pose has come a close, the final episode airing on BBC Two last night. The show was a landmark moment for trans television representation, but ultimately, its obsession with being "seen" obstructed meaningful storytelling.

Petra Collins makes magic in the frozen food aisle

Flipping the script, the photographer becomes the muse in LA-based artist Moni Haworth’s new book, Lunar Library. Find her dressed as a pink-faced clown holding a chihuahua, sipping a Starbucks, buying board games... good stuff.

Inside artist CHITO’s first self-published retrospective

At just 24, NYC’s enigmatic artist has already carved a legacy for his airbrushed tags appearing not only on canvases across galleries, but in Supreme, Arc’teryx and Givenchy collections, too. Now, the serial tagger is telling his story from the beginning.

Leïla Slimani: To be a woman is to be afraid”

The French-Moroccan author of groundbreaking novels Adéle and Lullaby is back with the first instalment of a trilogy based on her family history. Here she discusses colonialism, women’s rights and the importance of looking back to look forward.

Is this the most meta series of Love Island yet?

With contestants like Jake playing strategically to stay in the villa, the mechanics of Love Island are more visible than ever before. A hot single looking for love? As if. Jake’s eyes are glued on the cash prize.

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