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After the Dance
After becoming a world-class ballerina, Rachelle di Stasio is set to excel as a model and actress
Patti Smith – Be Here, Now
Through 366 images, Patti Smith finds art in the everyday
Julie Taymor
The visionary director on the 25th anniversary of The Lion King, the power of travel, and her fear of hippos
The Past Is Present
Half a century ago-amid Supreme Court hearings on Roe v. Wade, racial reckonings, and political tension a group of women launched Ms. magazine. Here, Gloria Steinem reflects on that first year
The Fight Ahead
The Supreme Court's decision to end federal protections for abortion access didn't just rewind the clock 50 years, it opened a Pandora's box of confusing, potentially life-threatening legal complications. VF talks with five women on the front lines.
The Rise of the Ronald
Ron DeSantis is the polished, competent, Fox-loving, lib-owning successor-in-waiting to Donald Trump's MAGA nation. Is it any wonder they're locked in a 2024 cold war?
Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022
In honor of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Annie Leibovitz and Hamish Bowles pay tribute to a life of resilience and service.
Who Do the Benin Bronzes Belong to?
Thousands of pieces of art were looted by the British in what is now Nigeria, and are held mostly in Western museums. What to do with them is a harder question than it might seem.
The Twin Crusades Against Drugs and Guns
Americans are suffering the "unjust, cruel, and even irrational" consequences of the wars on intoxicants and firearms.
'The Rock on Which Modern Britain Was Built'
In her seven-decade dedication to a life of service to her subjects, Elizabeth II won their hearts as well as their respect
Charles in Charge
With Queen Camilla by his side, the new king faces challenges in his realm-and his family
Amanda Gorman Poet, 24
Amanda Gorman, whose recitation of "The Hill We Climb" at the 2021 inaguration made her America's most famous poet, has never met a mountain she couldn't scale
Black or Bot?
As trolls and foreign agents co-opt Blackness for political gain, it's becoming harder and harder to identify truth online.
Reverse Culture Shock Is the Dark Side of Living Abroad
No one talks about it, but I'm ready to.
The Wedding Present
As a young woman, I had a friendly correspondence with a German soldier right after the war. I've been thinking about the silence at the core of our exchange ever since.
A World Without White People
Mohsin Hamid's empty parable of race transformation
Best Wishes
Stories from the front of the book-signing line
Annie Hwang - Agents & Editors
Annie Hwang of Ayesha Pande Literary talks about community building, professional burnout, the questions writers should ask when querying agents, and the demanding work of advocating for diversity in publishing.
Ms. Robinson Goes to Hollywood
When my book became a TV show. I had to get myself camera-ready.
Book Prize Celebrates Older Poets
Even as the number of awards for debut poetry books seems to have increased over the years, an inordinate number of those awards are won by writers age forty and under.
As Told to - The Play's the Thing
Shakespeare's Hamlet has been endlessly adapted. Playwright James Ijames's fat ham turns the chilling tragedy into a riotous exploration of queerness.
We Have a Printing Paper Problem
A new supply chain parable for our times
Who Controls What Books You Can Read?
Welcome to Reason's summer banned books issue
Rise of the Sensitivity Reader
Overzealous gatekeeping on race and gender is killing books before they're published or even written.
Why Ryan Reynolds Can Use Winnie-the-Pooh To Sell You a Phone Plan
As Pop Culture icons enter the public domain, a strange new era of copyright begins.
‘Men and Women Need to Fight Together for Equality'
Track and field-great Jackie Joyner-Kersee on winning Olympic gold and her hopes for the next generation of female athletes
The Book That Never Stops Changing
What I’ve learned about Dublin, and myself, in a lifetime of reading Ulysses
Two fathers
Their sons were among the sixteen people who were killed in a bus accident on a cold afternoon in Saskatchewan. Chris Joseph and Scott Thomas lost their sons in the same way, but in grief, their roads diverged.
Alaska's Wild West
Adventure and history await discovery across the last frontier state.
Advice to the Young
One of the world's most celebrated writers has much to share—though she sometimes wonders whether she should keep her thoughts to herself