Maheen Lemon is a modern-day alchemist, transforming ethically-sourced animal bones, copper, and clay into wearable talismans. Inspired by her hedge witch practice, Lemon lets nature guide her hand when she takes to the wild to meditate and ask for earthly permission to incorporate natural objects into her work. Each Bewitched Boneyard piece is then blessed […]
The news is out that those ever-so-hip “This Is What A Feminist Looks Like” t-shirts sported by everyone from Common to Alexa Chung were produced in a Mauritian sweatshop that pays its female workers $1 an hour. While there’s been some pushback by The Fawcett Society (the women’s rights charity behind the shirts), it seems […]
Dazzling to the eye with a dark, fecund mystery that’s laced with myth and history, ‘the vamp’ is omnipresent in contemporary culture. While her roots can be traced to goddesses synonymous with seduction and ruin, in this century, she has been iconically codified through fashion and film. There are the sartorial choices that influence our understanding of vamp, […]
As a ghoul who’s regularly covered in enough blood to rival your heaviest flow day, Severely Mame is a perfect fit for our October Slut of the Month. We’re thrilled to post this pre-Samhain sit-down with New York City’s favorite dead girl as she talks sins, seduction and spells with us. Ripped from the epitaph […]
The other night at dusk in my Cobble Hill neighborhood, the window display of the clothing store Barneys on Atlantic Avenue glowed with an eerie light, and the women mannequins had a special ghostly touch. Of course, they sported lovely, elegant clothes, but atop their spectrally white bodies instead of heads were weird, elongated points. […]
Mallorie Carrington is the owner/designer of SmartGlamour, a body positive clothing line offering classic, customizable basics from size XXS-3X and beyond. Her company promotes self-love, body acceptance, and empowerment for all women, and we absolutely can’t argue with that. I am: Mallorie Carrington – designer, business owner, artist, teacher By Day: Running around, sewing, emailing By […]
We’ve already spent some time discussing cunt coiffures, so what about good old-fashioned head hair? Try out one of these sharp feminist cuts to bring the heat AND beat it during the summer months: The Wangechi Screw a purse. Keep your keys in an airtight orb above your head. Long-haired cats take note – bigger […]
Vagina-inspired fine art is ubiquitous, from Judy Chicago’s pussy plates to Georgia O’Keeffe’s pearly petals, but what about vagina-inspired fashion? If we’re thinking inside the box, there’s a vast array of clothing and accessories that owe everything to our lady parts: dresses with silken folds, purses with delicate creases, and, of course, the ever popular […]
Doll Eyes is a pastel orgy of razor-edged girly glamour masterminded by designers Stella Rose St. Clair and Elena Kanagy-Loux. The duo debut a new collection on the eve before Easter at the Vector Gallery, and Slutist got a sneak peak into their candy floss fantasies and devilish daydreams… What was the impetus for Doll […]
The second annual Bushwig drag fest drew every hot and sweaty variation of gender performance imaginable, both onstage and in the crowd at Secret Project Robot in Bushwick. Severely Mame brought glamour and a dirty grind to Ke$ha’s “Cannibal” in a gold glitter-encrusted Hannibal Lecter mask, Darlinda Just Darlinda ended her America-inspired burlesque number with […]
