Charlotte Gush

Culture

Inside the East Village's surreal 90s ‘performance cult’

In the midst of the AIDS crisis, NYC's artists, drag queens and punks gathered as Blacklips to perform experimental plays at the Pyramid Club.
Charlotte Gush
3.1.23
Film

Under My Skin is the non-binary romance we’ve all been waiting for

The movie stars Liv Hewson, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Lex Ryan and Chloe Freeman as one non-binary character navigating gender and romance.
Charlotte Gush
10.29.20
News

How to help young people in food poverty (even if you have no money)

If you're angry over the Tories failure to give children free school meals, here's how you can do something about it this half-term.
Charlotte Gush
10.27.20
activism

This young XR protester faces jail for protesting peacefully

His sentencing on Friday could stifle legitimate protest against the Government and corporations, campaigners say.
Charlotte Gush
10.15.20
Music

skepta's dystopia987 introduced us to the rave of the future

In Manchester -- rave's spiritual home -- Skepta blazes a trail once more, guiding a cyberpunk tribe of phone-free humans into an augmented reality rave new world.
Charlotte Gush
7.22.19
Culture

using a woman’s bruised #metoo selfie without consent takes ‘appropriation art’ too far

Art Basel’s ‘headline’ exhibit presents details of #MeToo survivors’ rape allegations – and images of a bruised assault victim – without their consent, illustrating why ‘appropriation art’ is so controversial.
Charlotte Gush
6.13.19
Music

bikini kill’s 90s feminist punk is still radical and urgent in 2019

Revolution girl-style now!
Charlotte Gush
6.12.19
Music

weyes blood is searching for meaning in the chaos of modern life

On her new album 'Titanic Rising' she reclaims the famous disaster as a metaphor for environmental destruction.
Charlotte Gush
4.1.19
Fashion

we hit peak fashion-celebrity at last night's london fashion week closing party

Arch-surrealists Rottingdean Bazaar team up with crafty catwalk showman Matty Bovan for ‘Night Of A Thousand Stars’ – a fashion party where nothing is quite as it seems.
Charlotte Gush
2.20.19
Fashion

this is why climate emergency protesters are ‘swarming’ london fashion week

Extinction Rebellion activists are blocking roads around London Fashion Week, demanding the British Fashion Council declare a ‘climate emergency’.
Charlotte Gush
2.17.19
Culture

radical queer glossy mag ladybeard are throwing a party this saturday

It’s to launch their new Beauty Issue, which includes interviews with Maggie Nelson and Chris Kraus (on Kathy Acker), as well as features on mastectomy tattoos, turbans for women, and rich tea biscuits.
Charlotte Gush
4.27.18
Opinion

hero of the week: the grime artist who took on the tories over windrush

Marci Phonix wore a “No Blacks No Dogs No Irish” hoodie as he challenged a conservative MP on the deportation of British Caribbeans.
Charlotte Gush
4.24.18
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