A cursory Google search yields few resources attempting to accurately define what makes a queer icon, well, iconic. And there’s a good reason for that. Whats makes a queer icon is at the same time simple and incredibly difficult to define. One one hand, its is easy to use blanket terms like “glamorous” or “camp”…
Tag: Grace Jones
From April 13th to 15th, the New York Times TimesTalks Festival paired an extraordinary selection of public figures with Times journalists for panel discussions on pertinent subjects including gender equality, addiction and activism. On the 15th, an all-female group of United States senators gathered to discuss on women in politics, public policy and the special relationships cultivated among women…
With a new biographical documentary, "Bloodlight and Bami," coming out on April 13th and an upcoming appearance at the New York Times TimesTalks Festival, Grace Jones is still as influential now as she was in the 80s and 90s. Photographer Darian Zahedi and Fashion Editor Phillip Bloch pay homage to her iconic style in "Grace In…
TimesTalks Festival April 13th - 15th, 2018 TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York Purchase tickets HERE The New York Times has announced programming for its inaugural TimesTalks Festival, a three-day series of conversations and performances coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the publication's prominent TimesTalks series. The festival will pair Times journalists with today's most creative minds…
Iconic fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa passed away last Saturday, November 18th in Paris. His decades-long career was built upon an uncompromising dedication to the female form and the belief that fashion can function as an element of women's empowerment. Unlike many of today's designers who double as celebrities, Alaïa was a relatively private figure. He…
On November 6th, New Zealand-native Lorde has revealed the video for her new track “Yellow Flicker Beat," which will be part of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 soundtrack. She has had a big involvement in the soundtrack, not only contributing four of the songs, but also curating the entire lineup of artists, which will feature many…