MEDIUM: REQUIEM FOR AN INTERNET
I called myself Hellsbelle, which was supposed to invoke the fun, retro, ironically sexy but definitely feminist vibe that was popular at the time, but just sounded silly and vaguely goth, which I definitely was not...
WHAT'S GOOD
But if I went for a run, I ended up swearing under my breath and praying for it to just end already. It was not relaxing. Making playlists of the best saxophone solos from 1978-1983? For me, that was relaxing.
THE AWL
It’s impossible to imagine DLR showing subtle restraint within the realm of assless pants options; Prince knew what he was doing. Prince always knew what he was doing.
BROOKLYN MAGAZINE
Reading a trashy celebrity memoir is like sitting down to a glorious buffet of sparking wine (not quite champagne, sorry) and your favorite packaged snack cakes with a chatty acquaintance who you can’t quite believe is telling you all of this...
MEDIUM
I was finally living somewhere that was big and interesting and important enough to reflect back to me in popular culture!
MEDIUM
In honor of Reading Rhys week, here’s a little story about my history and relationship with Jean Rhys’s Good Morning, Midnight:
THE AWL
Karaoke is a team sport; your audience is just as important as your performance. If this weren’t the case, we’d all just be singing into hairbrushes in the privacy of our own bathrooms.
QUEEN MOB'S TEA HOUSE
In 1983, I was seven years old and already addicted to music and crushes in a way that would define and distract me forever.
