Kinsey Lane Sullivan

Bio

Kinsey Sullivan is a freelance writer, specializing in arts and culture. While she loves to read the newspaper, she writes primarily for digital and emerging media. www.kinseylanesullivan.com :: twitter.com/misskinseylane
Photographer Haley Morris-Cafiero Turns Bullying and Weight Bias on Their Heads to Inspire
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
For some photographers, their work walks a fine line between documenting and creating. These artists balance fact with fiction, illuminating truth and reality through staging and storytelling. Artists like Cindy Sherman, with her multifaceted…
13 Feminist Tumblr Artists Who Turned Their Blogs Into Online Galleries
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
A new generation of feminist artists are favoring a more accessible, democratic method of art sharing, rather than pursuing traditional methods of art-world success like gallery representation and museum shows. What is this method? The internet. In…
11 Native American Artists Whose Work Redefines What It Means to Be American
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
The United States is often described as a melting pot, a mosaic of individual voices. When it comes to the complex relationship between Native and U.S. history and contemporary culture, however, that doesn't feel accurate. It seems like Native…
15 Mindblowing Female Photographers Redefining Contemporary Femininity
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
Women depicted in fine art are often nude, alluring and sexually inviting. A 2012 campaign by renowned art activists the Guerrilla Girls said that less than 6% of the artists in the Modern Art section of the Met are women, and across the museum, 85%…
Here's How You Know You're With the Person You Should Really Be With
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
The vacation test. Summer is the season of beach trips, cabin weekends and sun-filled getaways to exotic locations. Oh, and stressing over whether you should go on said vacations with the person you've only recently started dating.   Tinder and…
15 Portrait Artists Who Destroy the Stereotype of the Self-Absorbed Instagram User
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
If selfies are the unofficial currency of social media in general and Instagram in particular, then portrait photography is a natural counterpoint to those front-lens fancies. People love to see and share their own faces, but they love to see and…
The Story of How Dr. Ruth Became Famous Will Make You Love Her Even More
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
Before Dan Savage, before Sex and the City, before Kim Kardashian, before Fifty Shades of Grey, there was Dr. Ruth. At 86, Ruth Westheimer is among the most famous living sex therapists. She's been dishing out candid, good-humored sex advice for 35…
21 Years Later, Kurt Cobain's Brilliant Advice on Love Is More Relevant Than Ever
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
The brooding, enigmatic Kurt Cobain may not be the first musician you associate with the word "love." The Nirvana singer-songwriter's work was cast in a melancholy that doesn't seem compatible with the our idealized, Hallmark version of love. But…
14 Quotes That Prove Amy Poehler Gives the World's Best Advice
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
Amy Poehler, the absurdly funny mastermind behind Parks and Recreation and all of our favorite awards show moments, has long been an icon of self-confidence and empowerment. She's direct, charming and outspoken, which not only makes her a great…
Here Is Your Glorious Hour-By-Hour Guide to Netflix on Valentine’s Day
By Kinsey Lane Sullivan
Hate it or love it, Valentine's Day is a huge holiday, prompting the exchange of around 151 million cards in the U.S. alone, not to mention all the roses and chocolates. But despite the assault of all things romantic waged each February, plenty of…