Gabby Bess's Blog, page 10
September 10, 2014
September 5, 2014
papermagazine:
"You see a brown man and the first thing you see...
"You see a brown man and the first thing you see is that. You know? He just looks like another black guy. But I put on a mask and suddenly that’s what people ask about. They don’t talk to me like a black person. I’m trying to communicate a lot of things by wearing a mask. It’s probably conventionally pretentious but I don’t mind being pretentious a little bit. Kanye West doesn’t mind."
— Willis Earl Beal on his new film Memphis and his perma-mask
September 4, 2014
papermagazine:
Happy birthday queen B!
From rhinestones to...
Happy birthday queen B!
From rhinestones to crimped hair, here’s 10 of our favorite Beyoncé looks from the early 2000s.
August 28, 2014
August 26, 2014
August 22, 2014
papermagazine:
Pink Friday: How Nicki Minaj is Turning the...
Pink Friday: How Nicki Minaj is Turning the Color into a Weapon
"Minaj wears pink to assert her femininity in male spaces. She wears it as armor and in solidarity with her girls, making it clear that she’s not out here for the boys. Her newest songs, “Anaconda” and “Lookin’ Ass” are decidedly dick-negative. Yes, she’ll twerk in a pink thong but she’ll also don a pink wig and cut bananas — and other phallic shaped fruit — with a vengeance.”
I wrote about Nicki Minaj and finally got to use the phrase “dick-negative.”
August 14, 2014
August 11, 2014
p-dpa:
Working On My Novel, Cory Arcangel (2014)
Working On My...
Working On My Novel, Cory Arcangel (2014)
Working On My Novel is a book which is based on a twitter feed that re-tweets the best posts featuring the phrase “working on my novel.”
What does it feel like to try and create something new? How is it possible to find a space for the demands of writing a novel in a world of instant communication?
Working On My Novel is about the act of creation and the gap between the different ways we express ourselves today. Exploring the extremes of making art, from satisfaction and even euphoria to those days or nights when nothing will come, it’s the story of what it means to be a creative person, and why we keep on trying.
(All of the tweets collected in this book are used with the permission of the original authors.)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
