Opinion

2021 was the year we embraced our flop era

What happens when there's no space left to glow up?
Louis Staples
12.22.21
Culture

All hail the return of the horny, chaotic, celebrity summer

Our thanks go out to Bennifer, for making famous people... good again?
Louis Staples
6.29.21
Culture

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.
Louis Staples
5.18.21
Opinion

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.
Louis Staples
3.19.21
Culture

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.
Louis Staples
11.14.19
Opinion

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
Louis Staples
10.22.19
Culture

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?
Louis Staples
10.10.18
Opinion

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.
Louis Staples
2.9.18
Culture

lgbtq theatre is telling important stories

In London, queer performing arts is leading the creative charge for social change.
Louis Staples
9.25.17
Music

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.
Louis Staples
7.24.17
LGBT+

what politicians' silence on chechnya's 'gay camps' says about lgbtq oppression

Following reports of gay men being rounded up into torture camps in Chechnya, there has been a deafening silence from politicians. i-D considers the consequences of this silence, and speaks with protesters at the Queer Solidarity demonstration outside...
Louis Staples
4.13.17
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