Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

Freelance, Brooklyn, New York

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore is a British journalist writing on current affairs, the arts and religion, with work published in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and The New York Times, among others. Formerly based in China and Australia, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Written by Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

A woman and two girls in blue dresses with cat-ear headbands, smiling and taking a selfie outdoors.

essayFamily life

Honey, I sold the kids

We have laws to protect children from factory work. Why aren’t they protected from parents who monetise their lives online?

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A person wearing a shirt with flowers and the text “Love Makes a Family” hugging a child, bracelet in rainbow colours.

essayGender

Is motherhood gendered?

For a new generation of trans parents and their children, the meaning of motherhood is undergoing a thorough renovation

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

A man with a beer belly, in a shirt and tie, walks past a large Calvin Klein Jeans billboard showing three young beautiful people embracing intimately.

essayBeauty and aesthetics

Rise of the ripped

With bodies sculpted to look like comic-book heroes, today’s muscle men create an impossible template for masculinity

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

Back view of a woman with red hair wearing a strapless dress being embraced by a man in a white shirt.

essayGender

Male escorts

Is the growing market for male escorts a sign of female sexual liberation or just a re-run of the same old stereotypes?

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

The artist Ai Weiwei in a blue shirt using a phone, standing against a brick wall adorned with dark red ivy leaves.

essayArt

Art?

Ai Weiwei is back in production with his Fake studio and his team of assistants. What does art mean now to the dissident?

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore