kathy acker
Music

diving into the secret history of lesbian culture with king princess
With her literary references and endless visual cues, she's reinventing the intimacy of the exclusive queer space for a new generation.
Brian O'Flynn
2.1.19
Art

what the blacklisting of feminist artists in the 70s says about censorship today
An exhibition at this year’s Frieze framed sex positivity in art from a feminist perspective. The success suggests a move towards mainstream praise of radical women artists — but there are still challenges to be met.
Grace Banks
10.13.17
Culture

the power of cult feminist writer kathy acker
Chris Kraus’s new book, a biography of the cult writer, replaces Kathy Acker in the rightful place in the canon.
Anastasiia Fedorova
8.24.17
Music

forgotten moments in pop culture: when queer academic kathy acker interviewed the spice girls
It’s been 20 years since that most unexpected of head-to-heads; when legendary queer academic Kathy Acker interviewed legendary pop feminists The Spice Girls, just months before she died. We revisit the time two very different kinds of feminist icons...
Philippa Snow
1.16.17