FashionGatwech, who was targeted in a prominent psychiatrist’s racist tweet, has built a career in the face of industry prejudice
“Would he call his wife or his daughter a freak of nature?” wonders Nyakim Gatwech, the 29-year-old model targeted in a racism scandal that shook an Ivy League university. “His words are not just affecting me, but dark-skinned girls in general, dark-skinned girls who go to Columbia too or even a dark-skinned girl who is wishing to go there. Read More...
In terms of showmanship, it’s hard to top what Robert Plant and Jimmy Page brought to the stage as the frontmen of Led Zeppelin. The two bandmates simply overwhelmed audiences with their combination of musical talent and outright swagger.
Over the years, Page found ways to mesmerize the audience using every tool in his kit. If you’ve ever seen the Zep in concert (or the film The Song Remains the Same), you know that included the use of a Theremin for the freakout section of “Whole Lotta Love. Read More...
Depths hidden … Donna Tartt. Photograph: Beowulf SheehanDepths hidden … Donna Tartt. Photograph: Beowulf SheehanDonna TarttHer novels do not fail the Bechdel test, and her women are not without nuance. But they are obscured by unreliable male narrators
Only two women get any real page space in Donna Tartt’s debut The Secret History: Camilla Macaulay, the ethereal yet steely sole female member of the novel’s core friendship circle; and Judy Poovey, the vulgar and brash Californian with a crush on the novel’s narrator, Richard Papen. Read More...
