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
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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
Robyn, The Hurt, and The Honey
It starts with a bass line. Wobbling and reverberating out into the night, the vibrations make space for the vocals to slowly creep into the song. As the voice declares, “If you’ve got something to say, I need to hear … Read the rest
U.S. Girls and the Politics of Feminist Art
When I saw U.S. Girls for the first time at SXSW last year, it nothing short of changed my life. It was the last day of my last anticipated SXSW and I was standing in the basking 5pm sun in … Read the rest
Fever Ray, FKA twigs, and (Queer) Intimacy
May 12, 2018. I’m back in Brooklyn. More specifically, I’m back at Brooklyn Hangar in Sunset Park for another show during Red Bull Music Academy’s annual May residency in NYC. When I was living in Brooklyn from the fall of … Read the rest