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Louis Staples

2021 was the year we embraced our flop era

Opinion

Louis Staples

2021 was the year we embraced our flop era
What happens when there’s no space left to glow up?
All hail the return of the horny, chaotic, celebrity summer

Culture

Louis Staples

All hail the return of the horny, chaotic, celebrity summer
Our thanks go out to Bennifer, for making famous people… good again?
The Mummy Returns is gay, actually

Culture

Louis Staples

The Mummy Returns is gay, actually
20 years after its release, we look back on the legacy of an overlooked entry into the queer cinematic canon.
In defence of Keira Knightley

Opinion

Louis Staples

In defence of Keira Knightley
Decades of tabloid scrutiny have warped our understanding of her skills as an actor and celebrity. But now social media is helping to usher in a new era of Keira.
Meet ‘Britain’s AOC’, the young Muslim woman trying to unseat Iain Duncan Smith

Culture

Louis Staples

Meet ‘Britain’s AOC’, the young Muslim woman trying to unseat Iain Duncan Smith
Faiza Shaheen, prospective Labour MP for Chingford and Woodford Green, is busy triggering racists, fighting austerity and sticking it to her millionaire, out-of-towner opponent.
our obsession with ‘munchausen syndrome by proxy’ stinks of misogyny

Opinion

Louis Staples

our obsession with ‘munchausen syndrome by proxy’ stinks of misogyny
Netflix’s ‘The Politician’ is the latest show to explore the rare mental health condition
why the complex masculinity of a star is born matters

Culture

Louis Staples

why the complex masculinity of a star is born matters
How can what is essentially a fairly conservative story about a young woman pushed towards by stardom by an older, more successful man, be culturally relevant now?
celebrate british lgbtq+ history, but remember those still fighting for their rights

Opinion

Louis Staples

celebrate british lgbtq+ history, but remember those still fighting for their rights
36 out of 52 Commonwealth nations still criminalise homosexuality. Ahead of the group’s largest ever LGBTQ+ gathering, i-D meets activists fighting for their rights in Cameroon, Barbados, Uganda and Belize.
lgbtq theatre is telling important stories

Culture

Louis Staples

lgbtq theatre is telling important stories
In London, queer performing arts is leading the creative charge for social change.
5 queer artists you need to know

Music

Louis Staples

5 queer artists you need to know
From taxidermy that examines masculinity to visceral photography of queerness, we take a look at the hottest LGBT artists showing today.

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