Tag: Lana Del Rey

• Your Life–Handled–Thanks To Lana Del Rey, Kelela And FKA Twigs’ New Music Videos

  

  Lawd, I WASN’T READY, when I pressed play and watched Lana Del Rey‘s video for “High by the Beach” from her upcoming album Honeymoon (I am counting the days. I am a self-confessed Stan for the LDR). The song is her usual nexus of calming, laid-back vocals, challenged by tragicomic music that always seems prepared…

  C.S.J.

  September 2, 2015

  ’80s nostalgia, 90s Nostalgia, GIRL POWER, GLAMOUROUS/FIERCE, INSPIRATION, MEDIA, SEXISM+GENDER, VIDEO

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• Is There a Double Standard Between the Sex Appeal of Black and White Women?

  

  I try to stay on the bright side or semi-diplomatic side of things when it comes to race relations among black and white women. Whenever plausible, I wedge some common ground on topics that can get rather intense and personal. Sometimes because of the differences in us culturally or physically, it can cause a lot of…

  C.S.J.

  July 25, 2014

  ’00s Nostalgia, MEDIA, SEXISM+GENDER, SOCIETY, VIDEO

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• Lana Del Rey’s Chilling “Ultraviolence” Song About Domestic Violence

  Though it’s only been 2 days, I am surprised that only a small portion of the media has attacked or questioned the astonishingly distressed track, of old soul artist Lana Del Rey’s, “Ultraviolence”. While the word “ultraviolence” upon arrival is baffling (what exactly does it mean) it is in reference to the demoralizing novel A…

  C.S.J.

  June 6, 2014

  MEDIA, MUSIC, SOCIETY, VIDEO

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