December 11, 2017
The Influence of Zora Neale Hurston’s Films on Beyoncé’s Lemonade
I re-watched Lemonade last night. From the moment Beyoncé’s “Visual Album” Lemonade exploded onto the aesthetic scene, everyone has been scrambling to trace its formidable roots. In mapping out Lemonade’s visual […]
November 8, 2017
Tabloid Art History Rewrites Artistic Cannon
Recent posts in Flavorwire and A.V. Club brought my attention to an intriguing Twitter account, Tabloid Art History, run by Elise Bell, Chloe Esslemont, and Mayanne Soret, which has actually […]
September 30, 2017
On Atonement & The Year for which We Are Asking
On Yom Kippur, we ask that we are written into The Book of Life for one more year. And in thinking of The Book, I keep returning to this […]
March 19, 2010
More Lady Gaga, A Bit of Queer Poetics, and One Writing Prompt
I was hoping to start this post with a breathless announcement of my newly acquired tickets to Lady Gaga’s July show. But, stupidly, I attempted to outsmart The Evil Ticket […]