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The November Issue /No. 743

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"Hell yeah. I'm having fun." -LIZZO

Vanities

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31 / Opening_ Act

Snow White and West Side Story star Rachel Zegler.

34 / Photography

Madonna and Steven Klein on their decades-long creative partnership.

37 / Trending

A contemporary take on the sheen of aughts fashion.

38 / Gallery

A classic watch gets a more-is-more revival.

40 / Dining

A Paris-based eatery beloved by celebs arrives stateside.

44 / Books

Patti Smith's pictures, Elizabeth Hardwick's teachings, and fresh fiction.

47 / Beauty

Unpacking body language, from obsessed-over butts to ageless hands.

Features

48 The Lizzo Show

BY LISA ROBINSON PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAMPBELL ADDY

The Grammyand Emmywinning artist unplugs with the veteran VF music writer for a rip-roaring conversation about music, identity, and joy.

24 Editor's Letter

26 Gloria Steinem

28 Contributors

116 Proust Questionnaire

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The November Issue /No. 743

Features

60 The Rise of The Ronald

BY GABRIEL SHERMAN

The inside line on how Ron DeSantis could betray The Donald in a bid for the White House—and what he really thinks of the former president.

68 We Need to Talk About Ezra

BY JULIE MILLER

From guns and drugs to religious delusions and alleged assaults, VFunearths disturbing new details in the saga of one of Hollywood's most troubled stars.

74 Forward Vision

PORTFOLIO BY

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

ESSAY BY THELMA GOLDEN

Up close with eight of the most influential female artists of our time.

Features

86 The Fight Ahead

BY ABIGAIL TRACY & ERIN VANDERHOOF PHOTOGRAPHS BY DIANA MARKOSIAN & DRU DONOVAN

Five women on the front lines of the battle for abortion rights talk Dobbs and what's to come.

94 The Past Is Present

BY KEZIAH WEIR

Gloria Steinem on launching Ms. magazine 50 years ago—amid a political moment eerily similar to today's.

100 The Queen Mother

BY A. KIRSTEN MULLEN PAINTING BY CHARLY PALMER

Revisiting the legacy of Audley Moore, pioneering civil rights activist.

104 The After math

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER VAN AGTMAEL

A dispatch from Afghanistan, where the Taliban have all but erased women from public life.

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