Charlotte Gainsbourg releases new single Deadly Valentine, taken from her forthcoming album Rest, out November 17. The video, featuring Dev Hynes, is part of a series of videos Gainsbourg directed in connection with the album. “Each video came from personal, resonating ideas,” she explains. “This song mixes wedding vows with an offbeat tone. I wanted to […]
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Frances E.W. Harper, born September 24, 1825, was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet and author. In 1845, Harper published her first collection of poetry, titled Forest Leaves, and Poems of Miscellaneous Subjects- which featured one of her most famous works, Bury Me in a Free Land. She also became an in-demand lecturer on behalf of the abolitionist movement, appearing with the likes of Frederick Douglass, William Garrison, Lucretia Mott and Lucy Stone.
Harper published her most famous novel Iola Leroy in 1892. Four years later, she cofounded the National Association of Colored Women with Ida Wells-Barnett, Harriet Tubman and several others. The organization sought to improve the lives and advance the rights of African-American women. (via biography.com)
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“I started off watching RuPaul’s Drag Race, then local drag shows, and eventually discovered club kids…which really appealed to me. The visual aspect of producing looks was something I decided to start doing about 18 months ago, after watching goldiestarling on YouTube, then meeting Ryan Burke in NYC. I try and […]
The East Village of the 1970s and 1980s continues to thrive in the global public’s imagination. Located in the basement of a Polish Church at 57 St. Marks Place, Club 57 (1978–83) began as a no-budget venue for music and film exhibitions, and quickly took pride of place in a constellation of countercultural venues in […]
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Legendary NYC party doyen Susanne Bartsch is back for another season of her summer, rooftop party On Top. The weekly event, that’s been a staple in the NYC club scene for years, is also the subject of new documentary Susanne Bartsch: On Top– the first and only film about the living icon and her contribution to […]
