Heroine

HEROINE 8

ADJUSTMENT PARADOX

When it comes to forcing change you can talk all you want, but unless you’re part of making it happen, nothing will really shift. This is the adjustment paradox, and it needs to be broken.

HEROINE 8 celebrates people who aren’t waiting for consent, a pat on the back or their own hashtag. They are living what they believe. It’s infectious, and it works.

ON THE COVER

This Summer, actor Kate Mara will be staring in Ryan Murphy’s monumental FX series Pose, alongside TV’s largest ever trans cast. Mara speaks exclusively to Dior’s artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri (who also happens to be the first woman at the helm of the house) to discuss their different fields and the roles they can play in moving conversations forward.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Vera Wang talks to Stephane LaCava about her darker side: inspired by the dystopian future of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale – the Hulu original series which took the world by storm during a politically turbulent 2017. Before the show returns for its second series, Wang talks about her reputation and the need to have your own voice.

Actor Raffey Cassidy, star of Yergos Lanthimos’ off-kilter psychological thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer, talks with old friend and Tomorrowland co-star Britt Robertson about getting her dead-pan delivery on point.

New York designer Joseph Altuzarra talks about his move from showing in NYC to Paris and the current state of the USA: “There has been a galvanising movement to resist and fight which has been incredible to watch.”

After being killed off in the first season of Stranger Things, actor Shannon Purser became an instant cult icon with the hashtag #JusticeForBarb. Continuing in the teen genre, with roles in Riverdale and this summer’s comedy outing Life of the Party, Purser is the star of her very own pink 16-page zine inside the pages of the main issue.

For San Francisco musician Tamaryn, every record is a new reveal: subtle, emotive and incredibly intimate. She’s in conversation with long-time friend and fellow musician Liza Thorn, the pair talk about the myth of New York and art changing the world.

Legendary photographer Ari Marcopoulos presents his fifth instalment of CHAOS, the zine only found inside the pages of HEROINE.

Dani Miller, singer of Brooklyn-based four piece Surfbort, talks about her tour and stakes out the only right way to think about sex: “Fuck slut-shaming. Long live the slut!”

British activist Saffiyah Khan stood up to a right-wing English Defence League lout in a timeless picture that conveyed a beautiful display of defiance. Here, she’s in conversation with one of her heroes, musician, actor and fellow activist Henry Rollins discussing the importance of becoming a spokesperson for a generation.

Plus some of the most relevant upcoming actors, including Madelaine Petsch (Riverdale), Odeya Rush (Lady Bird, upcoming Spinning Man and Dear Dictator), Gideon Adlon (upcoming Mustang and Blockers) Alexandra Shipp (X-Men Phoenix, upcoming Love, Simon and Shaft)

And… the boys from Proenza Schouler draw their brand new dogs for us in this issue’s column!

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