Ambition is a double-edged sword; it pushes you forward but can also weigh you down and consume you. Knowing when to step back is just as important as knowing when to push ahead.

In a way, 47 is our baby, which we grew out of nothing and made it what we could with what little we had. Just a vision and a camera. 

I have to be courageous with my sex. The memory of it sends electricity up my lungs, my mind swelling. This is what I secretly desire. A hill suddenly presents itself. 

Fashion these days isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Sometimes it can feel like a bit of a circus, and not in the good way – with the conman corporate ringmaster, egos as big as a strongman, and women constantly treading a tightrope, performing for the eyes of onlookers.

There’s something electric about sitting across from a drag queen at the Stonewall Inn. The disco ball spins above us, casting flecks of light on the bar’s worn brick walls—walls that have held decades of laughter, rebellion, and chosen family.

Thankfully, I was fortunate enough to visit Circus Academy New York and sit down with circus artist and coach, Rianna Brennan—who took a leap of faith by agreeing to chat with me and familiarized me with all that circus artists like herself have to juggle.

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Hair transcends gender norms; it is a canvas for personal expression, free from societal constraints.

Neimann, the newest cast member of Hamilton, got open and honest with us about past projects, grief, rejection, and even plans for the big screen. 

Masks, personas, alter-egos — they allow us to shapeshift. To survive. To stand a little taller when we feel small. To say the thing we might otherwise swallow. To be bold when boldness feels dangerous. In many ways, this is ancient magic. Ritualistic. Human.