Yes, the hunky barista looks even more terrifically masculine with three days' growth on his chin. Guys under 50 mostly do. But… — Russell Smith Apply Copy Share Image
Wear your clothes with abandon, I say; don't keep them pristine as if for museums: They are meant to wear out. Then… — Russell Smith Abandon Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes a book YA is that it is about teenagers, and it is written in a very conventional,… — Russell Smith About Copy Share Image
Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a… — Russell Smith Adulthood Copy Share Image
I have argued about the future of fiction with jaded novelists, far-seeing postmodernists, technologists, television critics. The argument that future generations will… — Russell Smith About Copy Share Image
No surprise here: Pop music is by far the most conservative art form there is. — Russell Smith Art Copy Share Image
An Indian tribe is sovereign to the extent that the U.S. permits it to be sovereign. — Russell Smith Indian Copy Share Image
The YA category is an entirely new one, and seems to have more to do with readability than with age group or… — Russell Smith Actually Copy Share Image
Conformism is essential to the group coherence and 'spirit.' The whole impetus behind tribalism of this kind is conservative: Belonging to the… — Russell Smith Because Copy Share Image
Guys think that the military associations of camo are going to make them look tough, as if they might just break out… — Russell Smith Any Copy Share Image
I'm in favour of hipster androgyny: Any trend that permits men to rebel against strict gender rules of appearance is going to… — Russell Smith Against Copy Share Image
We are still vulnerable to gender-targeted marketing no matter how carefully we edit our children's bookshelves. — Russell Smith Carefully Copy Share Image
What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are… — Russell Smith Actual Copy Share Image
The only pleasurable part of taking the subway, as everyone will agree, is concocting elaborate fantasies about what it would be like… — Russell Smith About Copy Share Image
Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian… — Russell Smith Abstract Copy Share Image
Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible. — Russell Smith Ah Copy Share Image
Sadly, I don't really believe in the idea of timeless fashion. It's an oxymoron. If 'classic fashion' really never changed, we'd all… — Russell Smith Believe Copy Share Image
