
Audrey Wollen and Kathryn Scanlan on Girl Problems, Failing Feminism, and Why Objectification Can Feel So Right
The critic and writer, who were commissioned to pen texts for Sam Contis and Diane Simpsons’s new shows at the Academy of Arts & Letters, sat down with CULTURED‘s Books Editor.
By Emmeline Clein
December 4, 2025
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