POLY STYRENE: BREAKING DOWN THE BONDAGE
A new documentary film, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, clears up some of the mystery around the...
Girl Power
BELIEVE IT: MARCIA RESNICK’S LENS ON NYC
Photographer Marcia Resnick was fully embedded in the Downtown NYC scenes of the 1970s and 1980s. Her “Resnick’s...
WHY BARBRA STREISAND MATTERS
As she nears her 80th birthday (April 24), Barbra Streisand remains a singular figure in American entertainment. By...
LEADERS OF THE PACK: THE ‘GIRL GROUP’-PUNK CONNECTION
Is there a link between the Ramones and the Ronettes? The Stooges and the New York Dolls and...
BUNNY YEAGER: MIAMI PINUP QUEEN BROKE DOWN BARRIERS
Bunny Yeager, a Miami model and photographer, is best known for working with Bettie Page to transition out...
LEE MILLER: THE PHOTOGRAPHER OUT ON A LIMB
Lee Miller (1907-1977), from Poughkeepsie, led a full and adventurous life. Conde Nast sought her out as a...
GYPSY ROSE LEE: WOMAN OF MANY TALENTS
Gypsy Rose Lee will forever be associated with Gypsy, the musical adapted from her own memoir by Arthur...
R.I.P EVE BABITZ: THE QUINTESSENTIAL L.A. WOMAN
When Eve Babitz died on December 17, the light dimmed a bit in Los Angeles, the city she...
LABELLE: THE TRIO THAT BROKE ALL THE MOLDS
Labelle, the trio of Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, turned the music world on its head,...
MADE IN THE UK: PHOTOGRAPHER JANETTE BECKMAN
After documenting the punk and post-punk scenes in the UK, Janette Beckman moved to New York in time...
MISS PAMELA: BEATLEMANIAC
The Beatles had no greater fan than a 14-year-old from Reseda, California, named Pam Miller. Young Pam was...
RELIEF AND RELEASE: REVISITING WENDY O. WILLIAMS & THE PLASMATICS
The Plasmatics, fronted by the unmatchable Wendy O. Williams, may have been the most misunderstood rock ‘n’ roll...
NANCY BARILE: HARDCORE WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB
Nancy Barile was, along with countless other women in the city in the early 1980s, an integral part...
CASSIE RAMONE: RETURN OF A VIVIAN GIRL
Taking their name from a profoundly strange book by outsider artist Henry Darger, the Brooklyn-based trio Vivian Girls...