Ilana Kaplan

Freelance writer

Ilana Kaplan is a music and culture writer. She has contributed to The New York Times, Vulture, ELLE, GQ, Rolling Stone, and more.

A photo composite of CD album case of Taylor Swift’s re-release of “Speak Now”

LONG LIVE

‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ Reckons With Her Younger Self

On the re-recorded version of her third album, Swift reckons with her younger self while confronting the complexity of celebrity.

Ilana Kaplan

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THROWBACK

American Girl Doll Memes Are Peak Nihilist Art

The expensive dolls of our childhoods are everywhere on Twitter and Instagram lately, and they’ve become the funniest, best expression of millennial angst.

Ilana Kaplan