Author: Celiece Channet

The Music Industry Has Failed Black Women Survivors

The Music Industry Has Failed Black Women Survivors

Processed with VSCO with e6 preset *Editor’s note: This piece contains incidents of rape and sexual assault. Please read with care. My lifelong experience in the music and entertainment industries has been one of betrayal and abuse.  It began just weeks before my fifteenth birthday in 1975. I loved Minnie […]

Everything Is Embarrassing: On The Visceral Specificity of Kate Zambreno’s Writing

Everything Is Embarrassing: On The Visceral Specificity of Kate Zambreno’s Writing

Recently, when I opened my copy of Kate Zambreno’s 2012 book of criticism Heroines, a feminist rewriting of modernist literary history, I found in its pages a list of symptoms that I had written down in the same kind of black felt-tip pen I still use. I immediately recognised most […]

The vegan handbag brands to know about

The vegan handbag brands to know about

The world of fashion is changing, as more and more brands look to more sustainable ways of producing their garments, including which materials and fabrics they use – and that includes vegan leather handbags. Major labels such as Chanel, Gucci, Burberry and Tom Ford have already pledged to stop using […]