The Big Queer Energy of Lady Gaga s Born This Way, 10 Years Later
When Born This Way dropped a decade ago, Nicole Froio felt drawn to the album but didn t know why. A decade later, she reflects on the queer vanguard the record ushered into her life.
In 2011, Lady Gaga’s album
Born This Way marked a new era of queer music and performance. Released during the pop diva s prime after her smash-hit album
The Fame and its reissue EP,
The Fame Monster, Gaga’s second studio album was highly anticipated and sold more than one million copies in its first week. For me, a 21-year-old woman whose desires for other women were locked away beyond my reach,
What Happens When #MeToo Memoirs Meet the Marketplace?
The rise of #Metoo means more survivors are comfortable telling their stories. But what happens, Nicole Froio asks, when memoirs of sexual assault are marketed to a wider audience? Design by Ingrid Frahm
The #MeToo memoir has become a genre of sorts since the explosion of the movement in October 2017. Though memoirs about sexual violence have existed for decades, creating a space for survivors to tell their stories, the celebrity endorsement of the fight against sexual violence by Hollywood survivors like Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan has opened up space for art and media about sexual violence in the mainstream landscape.