The widespread use of artificial intelligence has raised concerns about its potential impact on literacy and artistic development among younger generations

There’s something electric about sitting across from a drag queen at the Stonewall Inn.

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.