Hello! I’m the online editor for Interview magazine. I have a blog and a Twitter.
I’ve also written for publications including The New York Times (and its style magazine, T), The Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer, Vanity Fair (online), This Recording, Out, Paste, and Paper. A few recent things and a few longer-ago things are below.
If you want to contact me, I can be reached at asymonds [at] brantpub [dot] com for Interview-related matters and alexandria [dot] symonds [at] gmail [dot] com for everything else.
Interview (online):
“How George Saunders Comes to Terms” // January 11, 2013
keywords: fewer talking polar bears; to be genuinely happy; the small, stupid process of learning to use an iPhone
“How to Dress Well” // June 4, 2012
keywords: the ways in which the trite shit is hella true; “Steal My Sunshine;” I wanted to make something alien that wasn’t alienating
“Paul Feig” // May 23, 2011
keywords: Bridesmaids; thank God my friend isn’t doing better than me; sham wedding
The Wall Street Journal:
“Mixing Math with Fashion” // February 6, 2013
keywords: Chromat; Beyoncé’s Super Bowl backup dancers; my Working Girl moment
“Stepping Out Into New York Society” // January 1, 2013
keywords: International Debutante Ball; it’s really about being an independent woman; the all-Ivy party is at the Winston club
“Buzzy Summer Style: Cropped Locks” // July 5, 2012
keywords: the partially shaved haircut; Ke$ha; the juxtaposition of the feminine and masculine is happening on top of my head right now
The New York Times:
“Representing the Republic of Lancôme” // March 25, 2011
keywords: brand ambassadors; large Bakelite telephone; Tinsley Mortimer
The New York Observer:
“Ward Cleaver Makes a Playdate” // August 4, 2010
keywords: unemployed men; Betty Friedan; the wrong kind of edamame
“A Few Good Men” // June 15, 2010
keywords: men’s magazines; we’re definitely not a conservative culty thing; a Jerry Maguire-type cold sweat
This Recording:
“Knife Wound” // October 14, 2011
keywords: Michael Ondaatje; erotic stabbings; a novel is a mirror walking down a road
“Ceci N’est Pas CBGB,” // October 3, 2011
keywords: authentrification; the Lower East Side; the foul rag and bone shop of the heart
