Camera Roll with Lynn Hershman Leeson

February 18, 2025 in Artist

When she’s not in her studio, the artist can be spotted on a walk through her neighborhood or a nearby park or visiting an exhibition at a museum. We spoke with Lynn about using her phone to find unexpected connections to fuel her art, befriending paintings, the algorithms underpinning society, and more.

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Meet Grace Yi Tang

February 04, 2025 in Receptionist

We met up with Grace Yi Tang, a receptionist at KEISY in Chinatown, to talk about her childhood in Malaysia, taking a parental role from an early age, and finding a sense of peace in life’s most stressful moments.

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Meet Leah Faria

January 21, 2025 in Activist

We talked to activist Leah Faria about the campaign to close Riker’s, working out with Remy Ma, and what Faith Ringgold means to her.

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Meet Rachel Seville Tashjian

January 07, 2025 in Writer

Rachel Seville Tashjian is a true flâneuse, often spotted on a walk through the city. We met up with Rachel in her Midtown apartment to talk about dressing for the symphony, watching three movies back-to-back, and more.

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Meet Virginia Chang

December 10, 2024 in Death Doula

You can often spot death doula Virginia Chang at the Union Square Farmer’s Market. We talked to Virginia about grief as an expression of love, leaving her career as a scientist, and learning to play the harp.

Camera Roll with Eleonora De Chiara

November 26, 2024 in Art Director

Between bike rides around Barcelona, art director and editor Eleonora De Chiara spoke with us about the importance of patience, her favorite item in her archive, working at Paloma Wool, and more.

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Meet Liana Satenstein

November 13, 2024 in Writer

You might spot fashion writer Liana Satenstein on a run around Prospect Park or food shopping in Brighton Beach. We chatted with her about working at Vogue, getting into fights at school, and spending time in Ukraine and Russia.

Life in 10 Tracks with Yasi Salek

October 29, 2024 in Podcast Host

Yasi Salek, host of the podcast Bandsplain, has made a career out of loving music. But before she was a podcaster, she was a kid in Torrance, CA, singing along to Madonna with her mom and saving her allowance money for CDs. Here, she shares the songs associated with some of her strongest memories, from first love and first-generation iPods to bad breakups and looking for the divine.

Meet Huong Dodinh

October 15, 2024 in Painter, Artist

You’re unlikely to spot painter Huong Dodinh on the street, as she’s nearly always at her home studio, working on her next painting. We visited Huong there for a chat about seeing snow for the first time, painting in total silence, and coming out of a coma.

Reality Bites with Sarah Ben Romdane

October 02, 2024 in Entrepreneur

Sarah Ben Romdane's family produced olive oil in Tunisia from the end of the 19th century until the 1950s — and with her brand, KAÏA, Sarah has picked up the family legacy, producing olive oil on the same family-owned estate. We caught up with Sarah about olive oil, Ottoman stews and Levantine rice dishes, and nostalgic eating in diaspora.

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Meet Marianna

September 17, 2024 in Diplomat

We caught up with Human Rights Policy Analyst Marianna to talk about immigrating from Georgia to the Netherlands as a child, expanding her French vocabulary through 90s rap, and the role of fashion in diplomacy.

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Meet Hiba Abid

August 06, 2024 in Curator, Librarian

If you find yourself wandering through the stacks at The New York Public Library, you might run into Hiba Abid, the Library’s first-ever curator of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies — though she prefers Curator-Librarian. We stopped by Hiba’s apartment to chat about working at The New York Public Library, the traces of history left in manuscripts, and clubbing alone.

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Meet Kifah Shah

July 16, 2024 in Activist

We stopped by political organizer Kifah Shah’s home to chat about becoming a mother, student organizing, reading Marx when she was ten, and more.

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Meet Tiana Rainford

July 02, 2024 in Project Director

Where you’ll spot Tiana Rainford depends on her food cravings — she might be in Chinatown for vegan dumplings or in Williamsburg for pizza. But she’ll always come home to East New York, where she welcomed us into her apartment to talk about food and family, the ancient art of phone calls with friends, and being a reformed tomboy.

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Reality Bites with Carol J. Adams

June 18, 2024 in Activist, Writer

Writer and activist Carol J. Adams, the pioneer of feminist-vegan critical theory, spends a lot of time thinking about the ethics of what we eat and how we care for one another — and she also spends a lot of her time cooking and eating with those she loves.

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Meet Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter

June 04, 2024 in Artist, Activist

On a rainy Friday in Brooklyn, we sat down with multidisciplinary artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter to discuss histories of Black refusal, adultification bias, systems of care in our society, and much more.

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Camera Roll with Pia Riverola

May 26, 2024 in Photographer

We spoke with photographer Pia Riverola about her tenuous relationship with her iPhone, her favorite newsletter, a tradition of making phone calls with no purpose from her childhood in Barcelona, and more.

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Meet Colline Laninga

May 21, 2024 in Coach

We talked to boxing coach Colline Laninga about starting college at 16, going from periods of homelessness to the apartment where she met her friend and business partner, her ‘polycule elixir,’ and more.

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Meet Sadjia and Mélane Masshour

May 12, 2024 in Restaurateur

We talked to restauranteurs Sadjia and Mélane Masshour about the journey from Kabul to Paris, working together as mother and daughter, communicating culture through food, and much more.

Meet Marzieh

April 16, 2024 in Shop Owner

Shop owner Marzieh tells us about growing up in Iran, being one of eight siblings, and getting signed up for a dating app by her daughter.