Wakandacon started as a tentative, nerdy idea: how can black people make Wakanda, the utopian advanced African nation where Black Panther takes place, real? (2018)

This Björk-endorsed singer’s baroque, queer, devastating R&B is the brazenly tender music the world needs right now. Photos by Amelia Krales. (2018)

Tell Me How You Really Feel finds the Australian songwriter doubling down on topics she’d rather avoid. (2018)

Altered Carbon is the latest in a trend of shows that explore our transhumanist future. Now more than ever, we must consider the ideology's ethical, personal, political, and economic implications. (2018)

In a candid interview, the actor discusses Ash Tyler’s big plot secrets, and why being emotional and vulnerable is more fun than being violent. (2018)

The nonchalantly brilliant pair discuss the art of procrastination, covering each other’s songs, and lyrics that are dumb enough to be genius. (2017)

After circumnavigating the globe documenting the world's death rituals, "alternative death advocate" and mortician Caitlin Doughty is back, with a new book and a vengeance. (2017)

The original series was nowhere near an instant hit; early Trekkies saved it from obscurity to jumpstart the beloved franchise we know today. (Sept. 2017)

Meet Mackenzie Davis, Ana de Armas, and Sylvia Hoeks —the stars of Blade Runner 2049. (October 2017, print)

On the eve of Orphan Black's conclusion, the woman who inspired one of Tatiana Maslany’s most notable clones talks immortality, robot eyes, and making sci-fi with a conscience. (August 2017)

Co-creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett never looked to make a huge splash with their science-fiction thriller about corporate science and bodily autonomy — they just wanted to make it good. (August 2017)

In this track-by-track interview, Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim discuss the musical intricacies that make up their second LP, Something to Tell You. (July 2017)

Add this hysterically funny showrunner to the list of women killing it in comedy—and possibly in a galaxy far, far away thanks to her cameo in the upcoming Star Wars episode. (April 2017)

A tech-savvy science-fiction author shows how A.I. might inspire art rather than replace it. (January 2017)

Following the release of his third album, the singer talks about collaborating with Frank Ocean, showing up late for a meeting with Kanye, and moving past the gloom that has defined him thus far. (2016)

One of the few Latina show-runners in television talks pushing boundaries and diversity in the TV industry. (2016)

Lydia Harris was instrumental in the founding of a major hip-hop record label and had to fight to get what she deserved. Sound familiar? (2015)

I profiled M83’s Anthony Gonzalez on the occasion of the release of Junk, which found him struggling not to care so much about his own wistful fantasies. (2016)

A judge has ruled that Kesha cannot record music without Sony and her alleged abuser’s label while the abuse case is ongoing. Now what? (2016)

On the eve of the fifth season of American Horror Story, the show that’s defined his career, the 28-year-old prepares to go even badder. (2015)

Maybe because you can’t put your arm around a retweet. (2015)

For Hello Kitty fanatics, free tattoos at the icon’s 40th-anniversary celebration are just another benchmark in a lifetime of nostalgia, identity, and devotion. (2014)

On the eve of Monty Python's final reunion performances at London's O2 arena, Eric Idle says goodbye to the end of the group that established his career. (2014)

Back with her fourth and biggest album, Annie Clark has created a magnificent mythology on her own terms. (2014)

I caught up with André Benjamin from his home in Atlanta, where he was holed up before the premiere of All Is By My Side, a much-anticipated biopic from director John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) about the year before Jimi Hendrix broke out. (2014)

With the Brooklyn DIY venue hosting its final shows last weekend, I traced its history over the last eight years and finds out why this warehouse space meant so much to so many. (2014)

Afropunk started with a documentary. Ten years, two websites, and eight festivals later, what is it? (2013)

How a bunch of nerd girls saved Star Trek from total obscurity. (2013)

This piece charts the history of Star Trek's ideology, the monumental leaps it made decades before the rest of Hollywood, and why it struggled with depicting its pro-LGBT politics for so long. (2013)