Monday, March 23, 2020

MasterClass is an online education platform that taps celebrities from the worlds of food, fashion, music, television, film and politics for exclusive on-demand classes. The videos, hosted by everyone from Serena Williams to Martin Scorcese, can all be streamed whenever you want, and every course includes a downloadable workbook. Some classes let you email the celebrity instructor too, for an online-take on professor “office hours.”

RuPaul is the latest instructor to join the MasterClass ranks, with a class on “self-expression and authenticity” that launched last month. Other MasterClass instructors include Anna Wintour, teaching a course on creativity and leadership, Neil deGrasse Tyson, teaching scientific thinking and communication, and David Lynch, speaking about creativity and filmmaking. Aaron Sorkin, David Sedaris, Werner Herzog and Shonda Rhimes are among some of the other bold-face names lending their talents to the online classes.

Soft skills such as creativity and leadership