I wrote an essay for the current issue of Purple Magazine about Bimbo Feminism and femininity as parody. P.S. Bimbo Feminism is officially my favorite phrase. xo Karley Continue reading “Bimbo Feminism: A Tale of Identity”
Vice just posted this awesome video, which I wanted to share with you. It’s about female drag queens and gender performance, which is something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately, after recently reading Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble, which was the first book to theorize that gender is a cultural construct, and that we’re all performing our gender all the time.
Drag has been a gay man’s art for decades, but women can be queens, too :) I highly recommend this 8-minute doc about a group of super cool female queens in London, directed by Adri Murguia.
Once in a blue moon it’s good to take a break from scrolling through Instagram and consume some “real” information. Below are 5 of the best pieces of internet that I’ve consumed recently. I’m pretty sure that watching/reading them will make you a smarter and/or happier person (or at least more interesting to talk to at a dinner party). – Karley Continue reading “5 Recommendations for Life”
