This is not outright queer but is above & beyond latently so! Lick the Star is Sofia Coppola's first short film from 1998 & follows a clique of junior high girls as they navigate popularity politics, a conspiracy to poison the boys in their school, Flowers in the Attic and great 90s alternative queen bee fashion. You can watch it in its entirety below:
It should be mentioned that I found out about this little gem from fag city, a great queer blog by Billy Cheer well worth checking out.
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Lick the Star
Lick the Star
This is not outright queer but is above & beyond latently so! Lick the Star is Sofia Coppola's first short film from 1998 & follows a clique of junior high girls as they navigate popularity politics, a conspiracy to poison the boys in their school, Flowers in the Attic and great 90s alternative queen bee fashion. You can watch it in its entirety below:
It should be mentioned that I found out about this little gem from fag city, a great queer blog by Billy Cheer well worth checking out.
Lick the Star
This is not outright queer but is above & beyond latently so! Lick the Star is Sofia Coppola's first short film from 1998 & follows a clique of junior high girls as they navigate popularity politics, a conspiracy to poison the boys in their school, Flowers in the Attic and great 90s alternative queen bee fashion. You can watch it in its entirety below:
It should be mentioned that I found out about this little gem from fag city, a great queer blog by Billy Cheer well worth checking out.
Kingdom + Black Box + Martha Wash
So...last weekend was "Gay Pride" and I feel like I've just now recovered. I'm gonna put this out there: I hate Pride. I think that it's mostly just a way for otherwise straight businesses to suck money out of gays for a weekend. However, I do love drinking on the street, so I did a lot of "Pride" activities. One of those activities that was actually pretty awesome was seeing (mostly hearing) Martha Wash.
Martha Wash, if you didn't know already, sang on a bunch of 90's dance hits including C&C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now" as well as Black Box's "Everybody Everybody" and was in the Weather Girls (It's Raining Men) AND sang backup for Sylvester. So, she's pretty much a gay icon across the board. All these years later Martha still sounds great and I feel having her perform this year was great timing, with the 90's being super "in" right now. I still hate gay pride events, but I'm glad the organizers booked Martha Wash.
This brings me to the kind of gay pride I can stand behind, queer/gays/whatever being awesome and not wearing shirts with numbers on them, or just wearing shirts. One such person is New York's DJ/Producer Kingdom. I've written about Kingdom before because I'm a big fan of what he does, but it seems fitting to post this remix he did recently of a Black Box song featuring Martha Wash.
It's like everything now makes sense.
Here's Kingdom's remix of Black Box's "I Don't Know Anybody Else" and the classic "Everybody Everybody". Enjoy!
Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else (Kingdom Remix)
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
Kingdom + Black Box + Martha Wash
So...last weekend was "Gay Pride" and I feel like I've just now recovered. I'm gonna put this out there: I hate Pride. I think that it's mostly just a way for otherwise straight businesses to suck money out of gays for a weekend. However, I do love drinking on the street, so I did a lot of "Pride" activities. One of those activities that was actually pretty awesome was seeing (mostly hearing) Martha Wash.
Martha Wash, if you didn't know already, sang on a bunch of 90's dance hits including C&C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now" as well as Black Box's "Everybody Everybody" and was in the Weather Girls (It's Raining Men) AND sang backup for Sylvester. So, she's pretty much a gay icon across the board. All these years later Martha still sounds great and I feel having her perform this year was great timing, with the 90's being super "in" right now. I still hate gay pride events, but I'm glad the organizers booked Martha Wash.
This brings me to the kind of gay pride I can stand behind, queer/gays/whatever being awesome and not wearing shirts with numbers on them, or just wearing shirts. One such person is New York's DJ/Producer Kingdom. I've written about Kingdom before because I'm a big fan of what he does, but it seems fitting to post this remix he did recently of a Black Box song featuring Martha Wash.
It's like everything now makes sense.
Here's Kingdom's remix of Black Box's "I Don't Know Anybody Else" and the classic "Everybody Everybody". Enjoy!
Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else (Kingdom Remix)
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
Kingdom + Black Box + Martha Wash
So...last weekend was "Gay Pride" and I feel like I've just now recovered. I'm gonna put this out there: I hate Pride. I think that it's mostly just a way for otherwise straight businesses to suck money out of gays for a weekend. However, I do love drinking on the street, so I did a lot of "Pride" activities. One of those activities that was actually pretty awesome was seeing (mostly hearing) Martha Wash.
Martha Wash, if you didn't know already, sang on a bunch of 90's dance hits including C&C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now" as well as Black Box's "Everybody Everybody" and was in the Weather Girls (It's Raining Men) AND sang backup for Sylvester. So, she's pretty much a gay icon across the board. All these years later Martha still sounds great and I feel having her perform this year was great timing, with the 90's being super "in" right now. I still hate gay pride events, but I'm glad the organizers booked Martha Wash.
This brings me to the kind of gay pride I can stand behind, queer/gays/whatever being awesome and not wearing shirts with numbers on them, or just wearing shirts. One such person is New York's DJ/Producer Kingdom. I've written about Kingdom before because I'm a big fan of what he does, but it seems fitting to post this remix he did recently of a Black Box song featuring Martha Wash.
It's like everything now makes sense.
Here's Kingdom's remix of Black Box's "I Don't Know Anybody Else" and the classic "Everybody Everybody". Enjoy!
Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else (Kingdom Remix)
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
fashionz
Although the fashion shows for Spring/Summer 09 happened last September, Spring is upon us and a lot of us are starting to think about our Summer look.
I usually have at least one color or idea that makes it's way into my wardrobe each season, even if it's only shown through small details like hats or shoe laces. As a jeans and tshirt kinda person, I think accessories make all the difference!
Just so you know, I'm in no way qualified to predict fashion trends, but I'm pretty confident that the 90's revival isn't fading anytime soon, so here are some of my picks for best 90's inspired S/S 09 accessories!
Telfar
You have probably seen Telfar Clemens' unisex, ultra-modern, multi-use (all of the garments can be zipped/unzipped to form new pieces) collections...but did you know he made accessories? His accessories range from mesh visors to medical looking iPod armbands, but the highlight of the accessories collection are the jewelry pieces. I particularly like the Jane Child-esque nose chain and the geometric earring and pendant...that earring is totally bodacious!
90's Fitteds
So fitted hats have been all the rage for a while now...but these new Summer designs really take me back to some after school Saved by the Bell watchin' good times! The Zubaz style Bengal hat from Supra, Limited Edition Exclusive Charlotte Hornets hat from Rock N' Jocks, and LRG's The Surfers Eat Pizza Hat will make you look even better when you're dancing to Ace of Base!
The Undercut
Ok, so a haircut isn't really an accessory, but it definitely makes a big impact on your overall look! I had an undercut in the 90's, most people probably did at some point. The funny thing about the undercut is that it never really went away...it has survived off of industrial goth boys and girls for the last 15 years.
Models and other extra fashionable people have been revisiting the undercut for a while now, but I think it's gonna catch on big with the rest of us this summer. I just hope it doesn't become the next faux hawk because I really don't want to deal with it for the next 5 years.
Here are some examples of the very versatile undercut- some good, some not so good:
(Pictures: Kim Ann Foxman, model Alice Dellal, random industrial dude, model in Topman lookbook)
(Pictures: Kim Ann Foxman, model Alice Dellal, random industrial dude, model in Topman lookbook)So the next time you see a nose chain wearing, undercut having, fitted hat collector...think of us!
And enjoy this reminder of who Jane Child is!
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