Florida

LGBTQ+ people are being warned not to travel to Florida

The civil rights organisation Equality Florida has made the highly unusual public intervention, advising queer people against travelling to the state

Life & Culture

Apr 13, 2023

Elliot Hoste

Life & Culture

Meet the Florida students fighting Ron DeSantis’s reign of regression

The governor of Florida is attacking trans rights, censoring discussions of racism, and taking control of the state’s colleges. We speak to four young activists who are fighting back

Life & Culture

Feb 28, 2023

James Greig

Music

Feeling Saucy! The rise of rap’s hottest sauce

He’s commanded the internet to ‘walk’, stolen Madonna’s material-girl crown, and is on pranking terms with Lil Nas X, a future collaborator. Soon, we’ll all be seeing the world through Florida rapper Saucy Santana’s eyes

Music

Sep 21, 2022

Nicolas-Tyrell Scott

Politics

Florida’s frightening Don’t Say Gay bill has been signed into law

It’s official

Politics

Mar 29, 2022

James Greig

Politics

‘Lives will be lost’: the real cost of Florida’s new Don’t Say Gay bill

The controversial bill is now set to be signed into law – but how will it work in practice?

Politics

Mar 16, 2022

Serena Smith

Film & TV

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This short film honours South Florida’s Black and Indigenous communities

Created by NOWNESS in collaboration with experiential arts venue Superblue, Every Step Is a Prayer brings awareness to these communities’ voices amid erasure from mainstream culture

Film & TV

Jul 16, 2021

Hannah Bertolino

Art & Photography

This Salvador Dalí exhibition shows the surrealist relaxing at home

A Florida show offers a glimpse beyond the artist’s extravagant persona, featuring intimate photos from his life in Spain

Art & Photography

Jul 02, 2021

Thom Waite

Art & Photography

Florida man to sue the ‘invisible sculpture’ artist, claims he did it first

The Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently sold his ‘intangible sculpture’ (AKA literally nothing) for €15,000

Art & Photography

Jul 01, 2021

Thom Waite

Science & Tech

A Florida teen was arrested for hacking her school’s Homecoming Queen vote

The 17-year-old and her mum attempted to cheat the election, submitting 250 false votes

Science & Tech

May 06, 2021

Brit Dawson

Fashion

The designer hunting Florida’s Burmese pythons to make clothes

With the state employing hunters to reduce the population, former Yeezy assistant Elle Barbeito went back to her roots to craft snake-skin fashion in the Everglades

Fashion

Apr 08, 2021

Monica Uszerowicz

Politics

Malavika Kannan first time voter election 2020

How a teen political organiser from a COVID hotspot is using her first vote

Malavika Kannan is the founder of Homegirl Project, a youth-led organisation that trains girls of colour in political organising – here, she talks the pandemic’s influence on her politics, and voting in a linchpin state for a Democrat win

Politics

Oct 30, 2020

Lexi McMenamin

Art & Photography