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10 Feb

Lady Gaga & Beyoncé's 'Telephone' is a “Commentary on

Lady Gaga & Beyoncé's 'Telephone' is a “Commentary on
“I used to be within the egg for 3 days,” says Lady Gaga, as she recounts her Life in Looks for British Vogue. She’s talking, in fact, concerning the unforgettable Hussein Chalayan “vessel” she arrived on the 2011 Grammys in, held aloft on a litter by six Latex-clad male attendants (the fetishistic fabric required to make their outfits was sourced from a bus company on the last minute, she reveals). That’s just considered one of many insights contained within the video that accompanies the House of Gucci star’s December 2021 cover – Gaga also explains that the Schiaparelli look she wore to sing at President Joe Biden’s inauguration was bulletproof. Watch the video in full for more revelations from Lady...
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4 Dec

How Purse First Is Breaking Up The Boys Club

How Purse First Is Breaking Up The Boys Club
In the summertime of 2020, Sesali Bowen was working on her memoir Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. As she reflected on her experiences growing up in what she calls “the bad b-tch era,” she realized that while queer and female rappers were having a moment in Hip-Hop, there have been no podcasts to capture it. So Bowen went concerning the business of making one. She reached out to Pierre Phipps, one half of the rap duo Freaky Boiz, to assist her co-host and the show, Purse First, launched that following January.  The phrase comes from a Black colloquialism which Bowen believes originated from street-based, sex work culture. The complete phrase, “Purse first, ass last” speaks to the notion...
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10 Sep

How Purse First Is Breaking Up The Boys Club

How Purse First Is Breaking Up The Boys Club
In the summertime of 2020, Sesali Bowen was working on her memoir Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. As she reflected on her experiences growing up in what she calls “the bad b-tch era,” she realized that while queer and feminine rappers were having a moment in Hip-Hop, there have been no podcasts to capture it. So Bowen went in regards to the business of making one. She reached out to Pierre Phipps, one half of the rap duo Freaky Boiz, to assist her co-host and the show, Purse First, launched that following January.  The phrase comes from a Black colloquialism which Bowen believes originated from street-based, sex work culture. The total phrase, “Purse first, ass last” speaks to...
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