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Natasha Stagg

NATASHA STAGG is a writer based in New York. She is the author of the essay collections Artless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2014–2022 (2023) and Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011–2019 (2019), as well as the novel Surveys (2016), all published with Semiotext(e).

By Natasha Stagg

When the kids go back to school, what do the adults return to? Tradition? Seasonal basics? Early-aughts cyberstalking? “Out of State” winds down the summer with its final installment.

Summer 2020, Part 3

By Natasha Stagg

Maybe the 4th of July fireworks will do a better job of speaking for New Yorkers than the old dudes behind the podium.

Summer 2020, Part 2

By Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg’s snapshots New York in the midst of a struggle between justice and the lure of posing for a close-up. Spoiler alert: She has parted ways with selfie-behemoth Instagram in the process.

Summer 2020, Part 1

By Natasha Stagg

On branding, policing, and the endless stream of images that fill our screens and our squares (the big ones).

Summer 2019, Part 8

By Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg concludes her summer column on an ambivalent note, reviewing Richard Linklater’s film Where’d You Go Bernadette.

Summer 2019, Part 7

By Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg on (self-)promotion and dressing for the street style photographers. Participation is mandatory.

Summer 2019, Part 6

By Natasha Stagg

Poetry may be dead, but the confession reigns. Natasha Stagg on the power of erratic tell-alls.

Summer 2019, Part 5

By Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg discusses her love of decadent psychological thrillers while she goes sailing in Mallorca.

Summer 2019, Part 4

By Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg watches Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and reflects on the culture that engendered Sharon Tate and Marilyn Monroe's tragic stardom.

Summer 2019, Part 3

By Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg talks about how vanity has changed and reflects on what her favourite movies have in common.

Summer 2019, Part 2

By Natasha Stagg

Nastasha Stagg is in love, only wants to buy designer underwear, and tells us why she enjoys going to strip clubs.

Summer 2019, Part 1

By Natasha Stagg

Back with a new summer column, Natasha Stagg draws the connections between consumerism, waste, sustainability, and the intangibility of identity.

Summer 2018, Part 9

By Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg goes to Europe and deliberates on the demands and kindnesses of strangers.

A Summer Chronicle, Part 4

By Natasha Stagg

In 1980 the French newspaper Libération asked Marguerite Duras to write a chronicle for them over one year. The pieces could be as long or short as she liked, so long as she wrote every day. Duras sai...

For the summer of 2017 Spike invited Natasha Stagg to do the same: one text a week, of any length, on whatever she likes. One summer long. This is her fourth report:

A Summer Chronicle, Part 2

By Natasha Stagg

In 1980 the French newspaper Libération asked Marguerite Duras to write a chronicle for them over one year. The pieces could be as long or short as she liked, so long as she wrote every day. Duras sai...

For Theo summer of 2017 Spike invited Natasha Stagg to do the same: one text a week, of any length, on whatever she likes. One summer long. This is her second report:

A Summer Chronicle

By Natasha Stagg

In 1980 the French newspaper Libération asked Marguerite Duras to write a chronicle for them over one year. The pieces could be as long or short as she liked, so long as she wrote every day. Duras sai...

For the summer of 2017 Spike invited Natasha Stagg to do the same: one text a week, of any length, on whatever she likes. One summer long. This is her first report: