MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Roxane Gay

  1. culture
    This Is Pamela, FinallyThe model-actress’s memoir and documentary reveal only what she wants us to know. It’s about time.
  2. art and soul
    Where Jordan Casteel Sees Herself GoingBefore her 33rd birthday, the painter has all but conquered the American art world. What comes next?
  3. celebrity shopping
    Carry The Louis Vuitton Bag That Roxane Gay Put Her Engagement Ring In“When I was using this, I was using it every day.”
  4. celebrity shopping
    Drown Out the Noise With Roxane Gay’s Favorite (Pink) Headphones“The color is really beautiful — pink is my favorite — and also makes the headphones nicer to look at.”
  5. cut covers
    Janelle Monáe’s Afrofuture“It’s like an orgasm and the big bang happening while skydiving as Grace Jones smiles.”
  6. celebrity shopping
    What Roxane Gay Can’t Live Without“I need options. I don’t want to wear variations on one outfit for five days. I’m not a Transformer.”
  7. interview
    ‘Argument Can Actually Be Joyful’: Women, Critics, and What It Means to Be SharpA new book looks back on the careers of Joan Didion, Susan Sontag, Nora Ephron, and more.
  8. one grand books
    Roxane Gay’s 10 Favorite BooksEdith Wharton, Samantha Irby, Alice Walker, and more.
  9. overnights
    Outlander Mid-Season Finale: Both Sides NowBlack Jack rears his sadistic head again.
  10. outtakes
    Lena Dunham and Roxane Gay on Love & Basketball“Gina Prince-Bythewood is fucking awesome and needs to be making way more movies than she is.”
  11. in conversation
    Roxane Gay and Lena Dunham on Online Criticism“It is hard to be criticized and it is hard to change, but it also feels good.”
  12. overnights
    Outlander Recap: Our Bodies and Hearts Were Ready and So Were TheirsFINALLY.
  13. overnights
    Outlander Recap: Cold, Hard LashExtreme brutality followed by possible bliss.
  14. overnights
    Outlander Recap — I’m Going There: The Rent Is Too Damn HighA trip to collect taxes proves … taxing.
  15. overnights
    Outlander Recap: Where Is Jamie’s Bare Torso?This one’s a real boar.
  16. overnights
    Outlander Recap: The One Where Claire Is Too Good for Her Own GoodClaire is given the Ice Bucket Challenge by Mrs. Fitz.
  17. overnights
    Outlander Recap: The Feminist Struggle Stays So Damn RealJamie takes his shirt off and a bunch of other stuff happens.
  18. overnights
    Outlander Series Premiere Recap: A Thoroughly Modern WomanWelcome to 18th-century Scotland — and our Outlander recap.
  19. masculinity
    Why Are Most Father’s Day Gifts So Terrible?And what do they say about the way we see manhood?
  20. American Idol vs. America’s Next Top ModelAI season two vs. ANTM cycle two. Simon vs. Tyra. Two heavyweights enter, one heavyweight leaves.
  21. oscar bait
    Where Are the Serious Movies About Non-Suffering Black People?The relentless violence and subjugation depicted in movies about the black experience is exhausting and no longer breaks new ground.
  22. The 10 Best Books About Modern VirginsInspired by Pamela Erens’s masterful The Virgins, Vulture presents a selection of novels about saving it, wanting it, losing it, and giving it up.