all hail kim hastreiter

paper magazine's kim hastreiter is one of the craftiest women in the publishing business. not only is her ear to the ground, her ideas command respect with every turn they take. such is the case concerning her latest quest: an open call to select artists to rebrand america. the results are featured within the may issue of paper magazine, which is where i found a quote from stephen 'espo' powers which i thought quite, um, interesting let's say.

"america needs no rebranding - we just need to remind people that we're a nation of 300 million that all know how to say, 'fuck you, pay me.'"