TARANTINA: Quentin-Inspired Burlesque Highlighting Strong Hollywood Femmes
A few legendary lady characters created by the infamous film director Quentin Tarantino danced, performed acrobatics, and sang themselves live and loose early July in LA. They were part of an interpretive new cabaret titled TARANTINA. Prior to attending, I had a few questions in my mind, and luckily, TARANTINA’s resident dominatrix, writer and MC […]
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Atlanta Artist Damez is a Rising Voice in the Queer Hip Hop World
Atlanta based artist Damez is a rapper, singer, dancer, songwriter, and a rising voice in the hip-hop and [black] LGBTQI+ community. He showcases his talents and versatility through an eclectic catalogue of self-penned songs and choreography-heavy visuals. Born Damién Denzel Ross Henderson in Jackson, Mississippi, he discovered his love for music at an early age […]
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Wild Honey Pie Presents Miya Folick
Tucked on the backside of a Highland Park building was an unsuspecting door titled ‘Wild Honey Pie presents Miya Folick’. I crept in quietly, followed the stairs up to the hostess and waited patiently in line as a very sweet woman asked about the safety of parking in the back lot. After the hostess reassured […]
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Honeymoon Syndrome Explores the Regressiveness of ‘Straight Culture’
‘Honeymoon Syndrome’ is a real-time translation based on a process that is fluid, performative and experimental. Shot by Berlin-based photographer Elis Jolie, the editorial explores the regressiveness of straight culture (that is still ubiquitous and treated/imposed as the universal default) still finding comfort in the binaries, and poking fun at some of the traditional ideas surrounding […]
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The Way Social Media Makes Me Feel
‘The Way Social Media Make Me Feel’ explores dark matters in bright depictions. Poor mental health doesn’t only come in forms of wearing all black and sad faces. For social media in particular, we tend to put on a happy face and only show our best self to the world constantly portraying happiness and wealth with […]
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INTER-terrestrial Combines Emerging Geniuses With Underground Culture
Clothed Captions or CC_ is a clothing store and platform for underground and mainstream artist features that responds to the intrinsic natures of emerging geniuses of this time. The founders Malissa and Donni present their own unseen and sophisticated view of underground culture while selling carefully hand-picked pieces. Malissa Wilkins, or Velvet @afrovelvet and Donnisha Hebert, or Donnie @unfazedbeauty […]
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Womunsual: Removing Gendered Association with Clothing
The inspiration used for ‘Womunsual’ was the questioning of “Why does a woman still need to dress in a ‘feminine’ way to reaffirm her position as a woman? What is beauty? Is beauty in clothing? Is beauty in the appearance of people?” We believe, as queer people, it is our duty to question and confront […]
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Bushwick Nights Painting the Town Pink with Queer Artist ShocKAYaw
A serendipitous meeting in Bushwick between photographer Eli Sleepless and queer artist ShocKAYaw leads to the creation of a spontaneous, yet beautifully impromptu photoshoot. Eli Sleepless on the series: “What happens is the night is getting blurry (too fast) and I decide anxiously to walk to Rebecca’s bar before I commit to the multiple train […]
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Nakamura.ke Merges Folklore with the Glowing Edible Treats of Your Dreams
Answering every foodie’s wildest psychedelic dream, the teams from Dashboard and Disco Dining Club are bringing the world’s first glow-in-the-dark ramen shop, Nakamura.ke Mobile Kitchen to golden ticket holders in Los Angeles in July. Even Willy Wonka would be envious of this mouth-watering optical wonderland. This one-in-a-lifetime mystical experience features the signature Nakamura.ke Mobile Kitchen lumen-ramen experience, […]
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Soji Solarin ‘Negro Cowboy’ Collection Explores Black History & Education
Soji Solarin was born in Nigeria and moved to the U.S. in his early teens. These experiences offered him an understanding of the differing iterations of blackness in both the contexts of Africa and America, which feeds into the designer’s work. Solarin graduated with a BA in Menswear design from the Academy of Art University. Prior […]
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