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The (Other) French Chef

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 5, 2022January 25, 2023

“Julia Child’s collaborator Simone Beck has lingered as an object of pity in public memory. But maybe Beck didn’t want stardom at all.”

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Prince & Place

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“Prince’s sound is a musical hybrid, in which the history of Minneapolis, its people, and the social forces organizing life there are brought together.”

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Keanu Reeves Knows the Secrets of the Universe

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 22, 2021October 19, 2022

“Guy’s always working—sixty-eight movies in thirty-five years. Playing killing machines, doofuses, romantics, messiahs, and devils. But always Keanu. Which always means something more.”

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Marilyn Manson: The Monster Hiding in Plain Sight

by Carolyn Wells November 16, 2021October 19, 2022

“Even as speculation grew online that Warner was Wood’s alleged abuser, the traditional media remained largely silent. Virtually no major outlets prior to 2020 directly referenced or alluded to the accusations against him in their profiles, interviews, or album reviews.”

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Michaela Coel and Donald Glover Have a Lot to Talk About

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 4, 2021October 19, 2022

In 2020, Michaela Coel and Donald Glover had a Zoom conversation. British GQ published it all.

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On the Internet, We’re Always Famous

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 29, 2021October 19, 2022

“Never before in history have so many people been under the gaze of so many strangers.”

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My Time with Kurt Cobain

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 23, 2021October 19, 2022

“Despite Kurt’s torment—or in a determined attempt to overcome it—Nirvana made life-affirming music. It made me feel better.”

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The Last Black Stage

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 29, 2021October 19, 2022

“I see rehearsal space, rehearsal tapes, dressing rooms, cooking sessions, woodsheds, after-hours performances, and backstage as Black sacred spaces, places where we are most like ourselves.”

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The Untold Stories of Wes Studi

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 23, 2021October 19, 2022

“Wes starring in films that have nothing to do with Native American heritage is something we acutely desire: to be allowed to play parts without having to authenticate our realness as Indians.”

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Why Can’t We Be Friends

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“Podcasts and other forms of ‘parasocial’ media reframe friendship as monetized self-care.

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