Austra’s Feel It Break roared into my life in May 2011, during what turned out to be a second moment of major transition in my adult life. Having crossed the three-year mark in my first romantic relationship and realizing that … Read the rest
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Listening to Holly Miranda During COVID-19
At the start of the fourth week of social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic, I relistened to the recording for one of my favorite concerts of all time, the album release show for Holly Miranda’s The Magician’s Private Library at … Read the rest
Lana Del Rey, FKA twigs, and Careful Romanticism
2019 was a year—and the 2010s were a decade. The 2010s were a time of massive change and growth for me. Throughout the decade, I lived in four cities: Philly, Brooklyn, Austin, and New Orleans. I was affiliated with four … Read the rest
Sleater-Kinney and the Space of Queer/Female Friendship
This post was originally going to be called “What It Means to Listen to Sleater-Kinney Now as a Queer Woman.” It was going to be a talk-back piece, one of those blog posts you write to insert yourself into a … Read the rest
FKA twigs and the Palpability of Vulnerability
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FKA twig’s set at Afropunk 2019 starts in darkness. The darkness of the stage at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn mirrors the darkness of the Sunday night sky, feeding one another in a continuos loop. Slowly, the stage fills … Read the rest