Maia Raymer

Freelance writer/editor/producer

United States

Maia Raymer is an award-winning journalist, critic, essayist, video producer, and editor who's covered culture, technology, style, and politics for a broad range of publications, from DIY zines to global media platforms, including the New York Times, GQ, Pitchfork, Esquire, VICE, and Playboy. She's senior editor and creative director at Dirty Magazine, an independent print publication about art, fashion, sex, and New York City. She's also a prolific artist, musician, DJ, and model. She lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn with two cats and a hoard of vintage magazines.

Portfolio
FLOOD
05/11/2026
Linda Perry Isn't Letting the Dream Die

The songwriting icon talks her revelatory new solo album Let It Die Here and its companion documentary project of the same name, reuniting 4 Non Blondes, and more.

Google Arts & Culture
Arca: MUTANT ONE MILLION - Google Arts & Culture

Arca's ongoing transformation as an artist is at the cutting edge of contemporary electronic music, building rich visual worlds and subversive communities. A quantum, ever-innovating artist who creates an ever-expanding multiverse of work.

Creem
03/01/2024
THE PARTY THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH

The man standing in front of me on the dance floor of the sprawling 24-hour queer sex club was wearing nothing but flip-flops and a white towel wrapped around his waist. He looked 40s-ish, a little chubby, a few inches shorter than me in my platform Crocs.

FLOOD
10/08/2020
The Provocation and Paradox of Vic Mensa

The Chicago-reared rapper returned home before recording his latest project, the "V TAPE" EP, and engaging in the city's turbulent moment in politics.

YouTube
08/22/2018
Michael Brun on building communities and Haitian inspiration | Native Instruments

With the help of Native Instruments, Michael Brun provides the Haitian music community get access to equipment and education. A big artist in the global electronic music scene, Michael Brun's passion goes far beyond music and NI loves to support initiatives around the world that provide an outlet for creativity.