Photographer Miles Aldridge poses women in traditional roles. Secretary, socialite, stay-at-home mom — you’ll see all of these portrayed in his work. But looking deeper you notice that something is deeply, horribly wrong. These women, while engaged in what might be enjoyable activities, all possess the dull stare of living mannequins.
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Q&A: Megan Massacre’s rise to tattoo-artist credibility
If you’ve seen NY Ink or America’s Worst Tattoos on TLC, you know tattoo artist Megan Massacre as the petite, countercultural sparkplug with a vibrant color palette. But contrary to how easy she makes it look on TV, the southeastern Pennsylvania native didn’t get here overnight.
Sloan Wolf & Vice Suicide take over the House of Rock mansion
We sent photographer John Lou Miles to a $20 million mansion in Santa Monica with Sloan Wolf and Vice Suicide. This is what happened.
Fuck Yeah, Girls with Tattoos: Your quick fix for awesome ink on ladies
Proof that two positives equal an even bigger positive.
Meet Sara Fabel, Finnish alt-model and killer tattoo artist
Some people just don’t know when to stop making the rest of us look bad.
Gorgeous girls with bicycles
The female form, in tandem with the elegantly simple bicycle, makes for an evocative image. This is the idea behind Zachary Hunt’s Femme et Vélo, a photography blog merging the two.
Girls + records + B&W artiness
Obsessed with vinyl and the female form? Visit the unabashedly titled fuckyeahgirlswithvinylrecords.tumblr.com to get your fix.
Meet Jess Fink, time-traveling comic purveyor of erotica and bad advice
Jess Fink is awesome. What other word can be used to describe a woman who wrote a graphic novel about a clockwork Victorian sex robot and a time-traveling memoir where she goes back in time and gives herself bad advice?
Windy City Rollers all-star Sargentina talks tunes, thigh circumference, and hangover scrimmages
This interview appears in ALARM #40. Subscribe here to get your copy!
If you think of dudes and disco music when you think of roller skates, think again. Tough chicks are sweeping the nation with roller derby, a contact sport on skates that is more gladiator than glamorous — and they like it that way. We caught up with Chicago’s Alisa “Sargentina” DePedro, Windy City Rollers all-star. The hard-hitter took off her helmet and pads for ALARM to talk about hangover scrimmages and thigh circumference.
Win a date with guitar shredder Marnie Stern
Men! Want a chance to hang out with someone who can run circles around you on the guitar? You’re in luck, because Kill Rock Stars and Motormouth Media are taking applications to go on a release-date date with guitar shredder Marnie Stern. (That would be on or around the release of The Chronicles of Marnia on 3/19/13.)
Go here for the full spiel, but the basics are below — and sorry, vegan guys, she requires a love of chicken wings. Fill out the questionnaire below, and if you’re chosen (and in the New York area), KRS will cover the costs.
Queens of Rock: Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes
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Le Butcherettes: Sin Sin Sin (Sargent House, 5/10/11)
“Henry Don’t Got Love”
Le Butcherettes: “Henry Don’t Got Love”
Born and raised in Denver by Mexican and Spanish parents, Teresa Suaréz (known professionally as Teri Gender Bender) has, like many, a bicultural identity. Her garage-punk band Le Butcherettes — which began in Guadalajara, Mexico — is a product of that identity, particularly the differences in gender expectations that she has witnessed between the North American neighbors.