Sharon Steel: Clips
Selected Clips
New York
The New Yorker
Rolling Stone
- The Harry Potter Scandals: Lawsuits, parodies, love affairs and more, July 15, 2011
- Oscar's Best Original Songs: The Rightful Winners and the Snubbed Losers, Feb. 25, 2011
- How 16 Rockers Came Out of the Closet: Elton John, George Michael, Lance Bass, Lady Sovereign and more: How these artists have told the world they're gay, Feb. 2, 2011
Stereogum
Time Out New York
- Alanis Morissette: The singer-songwriter deals with her rage head-on in her latest album, Havoc and Bright Lights, Aug 20, 2012
- Beach House: The dream-pop duo weaves personal tales with universal appeal on its latest disc, Bloom, July 18, 2012
- James Franco: The Renaissance man wrote, directed and stars in his NYU thesis, April 24, 2012
- Archetypes of NYC daters: We examine characteristics of various NYC singles and couples. Recognize anyone?, Nov. 30, 2011
- Feist: The lo-fi singer-songwriter makes a quietly triumphant return, Oct. 21, 2011
- Jeffrey Eugenides: The Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores more matters of the heart, Oct. 10, 2011
- Neil Gaiman: The British author draws on punk rock and Twitter for his inspiration, June 13, 2011
- Death Cab for Cutie: Ben Gibbard trades verbose voyages for minimalist melodies, May 23, 2011
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt: The Hesher star loves Metallica and Mary Poppins, May 9, 2011
- Is Social Media Bad for NYC? Could our compulsive documentation of our lives detract from the experience of really living here?, Nov. 30, 2010 [cover story]
- Kristen Stewart: The Twilight star turns to stripping, Oct. 25, 2010
- Exclusive: Letters by J.D. Salinger: The curtain comes up on the reclusive author's private life, detailed in a 40-plus-year correspondence, March 8, 2010
- Tim Burton: The auteur loves his goth fans, March 1, 2010
Teen Vogue
The Village Voice
The New York Observer
SPIN
The Boston Phoenix
- MTV's Skins: MTV attempts an American do-over, Jan. 26, 2011
- Girls Talk: Sloane Crosley and Emily Gould tell all, June 20, 2010
- Facebook Phobia: Thought high school was bad? Social-networking sites jack up Web-era insecurities, July 16, 2008 [cover story]
- Steam Dream: Steampunk bursts through its subculture roots to challenge our musical, fashion, design, and even political sensibilities, May 19, 2008 [cover story]
- Less Is Best: The spare science of José González, March 4, 2008
- Publish and Perish? Blogging Harvard courses could revolutionize open education--if its contributors aren't expelled first, Feb. 28, 2008
- The Cuteness Surge: Why, in desperate times, we turn to lolcats, twee songs, and mute kittens, Feb. 1, 2008 [cover story]
- Marketing Magic: Building the new Disney Empire, one tween at a time, Aug. 15, 2007
- Aesthetic Genius: Why can't more writers be smart enough to be beautiful, handsome, or at least cute, Aug. 30, 2007
- The Last Potter: What does the end mean for Harry's strange Boston disciples?, July 24, 2007 [cover story]
- Justify My Love: He already brought sexy back. Now can Justin Timberlake shed his boy-band image and become a music legend?, Feb. 5, 2007 [cover story]
CMJ New Music Monthly
Q Magazine