Sublime

The tendency to label Minaj “too slutty” or sexually explicit is a symptom of a much larger anxiety: how to process a woman, and a black woman in particular, who has taken control of her body, her formidable talents, and the way they are marketed, monetized, and received.

was built like a two-by-four and dressed like an extra in The Mighty Ducks, but I knew beauty when I saw it. It was in a bottle of bleach and boobs that looked like overfilled water balloons.

It’s always startling to come across Cha’s videos in the company of other artists, as if I’m seeing a relative whom I haven’t seen for years in a bright public space. But what are you doing here, I want to ask, where have you been?

posing girls and preening guys,