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20 Dec

Larry Owens on Broadway’s beauty standards as a queer

Fresh from his role as Usher, in Michael R. Jackson’s off-Broadway A Strange Loop, the musical comedian demands to be seen, heard and adored “I feel like I successfully created a latest form of leading man for the musical theatre.” These are the words of Larry Owens, the supernova comedian, musical performer, and, as of this summer, uncanny stage star. Owens has never played coy about his many gifts—the booming voice; the immediate, startling connection to his audiences; and his deeply articulate showbiz vocabulary. And he has never shied away from what sets him apart within the industry: He's black. He's queer. He's of size.  This summer, Owens starred in Michael R. Jackson’s off-Broadway...
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22 Apr

Meet the Rick Owens collaborator backsliding into the primordial

“He deserves the world,” says Constantine Kaloutas, a half-human, half-fan-throated lizard otherwise referred to as ἄnthromorph. In 2021, the artist received a notification that Rick Owens had donated £5,000 to a GoFundMe account she had created to assist subsidise the prices of facial feminisation surgery. “He was one among my biggest donors after which he reached out for a photoshoot – working together was amazing.” Despite never having met before, the duo approach fashion (be it traditional clothing or SFX) as a technique to re-think and transgress the human body. It’s about liberating people from their fleshy confines and providing them with a vessel for transhuman change. Or, as ἄnthromorph puts it, “exploring post-human identity and redefining the binaries of human...
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