We Had The Loveliest Time - A Carly Rae Jepsen Album Review by Alex and Q
POP EMERGENCY! Everyone’s favourite Canadian chartreuse has released another album! Coming hot of last year’s The Loneliest Time, the queen of wistful pop has released The Loveliest Time. Using Spotify’s hot new synch feature, Alex and Q poured a glass of Kylie rosé and got to listening. Thus enjoy our scattered and excited thoughts.
Lana, Glamour and White Privilege
Lana Del Rey citing herself as glamorous, fragile and delicate while othering women of colour as “strong,” goes hand in hand with a long tradition of viewing white women as glamourous and women of colour as exotic
Pandemic Television: Episodes To Quarantine To
Anyway, I guess we’re all going to die. We’re not, but I wouldn’t blame you for feeling that way. You’re stuck inside while people are literally dying and the government’s response has been objectively terrible. The only thing we can do is bake bread and watch TV.
The Taylor Swift Guide to Co-Opting Pride
It’s a fine line to tailor to the gays without coming off as pandering, or a privileged white girl who saw season 6 of RuPauls Drag Race for the first time on a plane. Anyway, here’s the new Taylor Swift song.
Break Up With Ur Toxic Femininity Ariana, I’m Bored
It’s not punk or edgy or cool to hate on other women just for the hell of it; it’s internalised misogyny.
C'est Magnifique // How to do Paris in a Weekend, Boshemia-style
We woke before Paris itself did. The city was sub-zero, the light was blue and thick. Our breath came out in plumes and our fingertips tingled against the warm cups of coffee we clasped.