May 2023
Agent of protection, impresa of fertility and gastronomic delight of aphrodisia … Oysters aren’t wanting symbolic virtues. Unfortunately, figurative lore holds little sway against the damning impacts of human activity on marine ecosystems. As a consequence of overfishing from bottom trawling, the population of oysters has dropped by 85 per cent over the past century and today the species teeters getting ready to extinction. In Fawn Rogers’ larger-than-life series of sea personalities, these clammy curiosities are imbued with recent meaning. Yoking vital themes of extinction, eroticism and ecofeminism, her paintings are an urgent reminder of climate and human rights emergencies and an eloquent testimony to the truth of life that operates beyond our possession.
“Oysters are each very fragile and highly sensual,”...
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“It will sound nuts if I had told myself this two years ago,” said Mindy Kaling, “that I could be this excited to do a showering suit photo shoot on a reasonably cold day in Malibu. I had the perfect day. I loved how I looked in the entire suits I attempted on.”
Kaling — an Emmy-nominated actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer — took a stab at fashion design for the primary time, collaborating on a swimwear line with Andie Swim. She then modeled the finished looks for a beach-side campaign, and to her delight, “it was among the best photo shoots I’ve ever had in my whole life. And I used to be not wearing any clothes, which, like, is...
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Think cannabis shop meets Dover Street Market meets Colette Paris, and also you’ve got Gotham, an idea store that opened in Latest York City Thursday.
Founder Joanne Wilson at all times wanted to construct a store that combined product, lifestyle and culture.
“I got here out of the retail world. I got here out of the smartphone world, and so I at all times had this concept for a store, multiple stores over time,” she said, explaining COVID-19 store closures reignited her interest.
When a friend called the previous investor of consumer brands like Food52, Parachute and Sweet Loren’s to ask in regards to the cannabis space, Wilson began researching the industry, which she equates to what “the tech business was in 1998,”...
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