So many girl crushes in one place! The Atlantic reports on the rise of Rye Rye, Azealia Banks, Brianna Perry, Angel Haze and the next generation of female rappers. — Jenna Wortham
6 SWOON: Tavi reads Girl Crush zine! Fast-forward to 4:35 for the cameo!
— Jenna
That red, silky robe and rifle! Those washed-out vocals! THAT STUDDED LEATHER JACKET. How can you *not* love Alison Krauss of Sleigh Bells in this new video, Comeback Kid? — Jenna
Love the quiet brilliance of these ‘sexts’ from New Yorker-published poet Tricia Lockwood and heroine for all Internet-Americans — Jenna
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Can’t get enuf of her!Azealia Banks Interview
BBC News interviewed badass Harlem rapper Azealia Banks, who made it on their Sound of 2012 list. Check it out here.
| Thessaly: | I have a new girl crush. |
|---|---|
| Jenna: | ME TOO! You go first. |
| Thessaly: | Charlotte Gainsbourg. |
| Jenna: | Ooh. Yes. |
| Thessaly: | Who is yours? |
| Jenna: | RIHANNA |
Our awesome Girl Crusher Jenna Wortham has penned a column today for The New York Times about the resurgence of zines, especially within a techie population. There are two things to note:
1. Where can I find a copy of Lindzine—a tribute to Lindsay Lohan?This could not be more true for Girl Crush. Jenna and I wanted to create something that felt ephemeral or fleeting, something that could only be held in your hands. There is something about how permanent the Web can be—the stickiness of Google gets to be tiresome or oppressive. So yay for zines! Read the whole column, “Raised on the Web, but Liking a Little Ink,” here.
2. Jenna writes: “Their creators say zines offer a respite from the endless onslaught of tweets, blog posts, I.M.’s, e-mail and other products of digital media.”
Don’t you just love Amy Hempel? She’s come up a lot lately for me: we’re reading some of her short stories in class, a couple of my fellow students at the Workshop worship the ground she walks on. I admit to not “getting” her at first, but like a nice pot of cold tea, sometimes you just need to let something steep for a couple of years before it begins to get good. —Thessaly
Check out this lovely article about our zine in the September issue of Matchbook Mag.
What’s refreshing about GC is that for Thessaly and Jenna smart doesn’t mean pompous. Girl Crush effortlessly mixes highbrow and lowbrow pop culture references with the grace and aptitude that true fashionistas use to mix designer clothing and H&M. Their zine is the literary equivalent of pairing a Stella McCartney blouse with a pair of Topshop short-shorts.
