Lina Abascal is a writer and filmmaker from Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, WIRED, McSweeney’s, and more. She is the author of Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor (2021). Her first film, the award-winning short documentary Stud Country (2024), traces the little-known history of queer country-western dancing in Los Angeles.
Lina Abascal
Articles
Five O’Clock Somewhere
Lina Abascal explores the history of tiki culture in California.
Eurovision in Wartime
Lina Abascal reports from the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
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