Flty Brgr Grl Want to Love You Forever ❤️
Inspired by 60s vibes, crushes and burgers, Beatrix and Sarah make up FLTY BRGR GRL – a quirky, queer Oslo based duo here to bring you cute garage-pop songs about unrequited love or simply loving too much. Today, on the 24th of September FLTHY BRGR GRL’s debut album, Love You Forever, is out for the world to listen to and love. Ashamed had the pleasure of speaking with Beatrix and Sarah about their new record, representation in the indie world, loving too much, and the power of being messy women.
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ARE YOU ASHAMED?
Nour Massoud sat down with some of Ashamed’s staff members and asked them about their shame.
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In Conversation with: Dawn Butler MP
On the other side of my screen is Halima Jibril, founder and creator of Ashamed Magazine, as well as Dawn Butler, Labour MP, first elected African-Caribbean female government minister in the UK and former Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities. In an age of social distancing, face to face interviews are no longer a possible luxury, so instead, before each of us is a Zoom screen allowing us to begin a conversation navigating discourses from politics, Gil Scott Heron and BLM, to burnout, disenchantment and Labi Siffre.
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How Are You?
I sat down with my friends Zamzam, Na’iamh and Kirsten after the murder of George Floyd to ask them how they are. They are all from different parts of the world; Zamzam from Sweden, Na’iamh from the United Kingdom and Kirsten from the United States. We discussed everything from the pandemic, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Pride, White supremacy, transphobia and the hypervisibility of being black and being a woman.
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In Conversation with Aqui Thami: Founder of India's First Community-Run Feminist Library
I came across Sister Library in the last few days of 2018 at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, an art exhibition held every two years in south India. The Biennale is dedicated to celebrating local and international contemporary art through site-specific installations, traditional art and sound pieces amongst various other mediums. The exhibition sprawled across the city with each location housing different artworks, fitting into Anita Dube’s curatorial vision of ‘Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life.’ Aqui Thami, artist/activist started Sister Library as a space to celebrate women’s art and literature. I recently had the opportunity to ask her about the space and her relationship with education as activism.
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INTERVIEW: Renaissance Woman
“When I moved from a small county in the south to Los Angeles for music/film school, I started acknowledging aspects of my identity I never did before. Growing up in Virginia, I never met another half-Asian girl. Not one. I didn't know what that was supposed to look like. But I've realized that I choose what that looks like. That looks like: a wrestler and MMA fighter, a pianist of 13 years, a film director, a writer, and a musical artist,” shares Natalie Christen aka Renaissance Woman. “Accidental Wine” is out NOW!
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Interview: Amara Ramdhanny
“My art is the only place where I feel like I can safely shout: “Look at me! I exist! I’m a Black and Brown woman! I exist and I matter!” - AR
From illustration, designing and modelling Amara Ramdhanny (@amara__davis) is a visionary in all fields! A Brooklyn based creative whose work is focused on women and non-binary people of colour, could never see themselves doing anything else but creating. Along with producing works of art, Amara had the opportunity to work with Nike this summer, designing a sneaker called “Isle of Spice,” inspired by their mother and their homeland. Amara’s art, be it on their face or on their dazzling Instagram is honest and passionate. A creative who I personally, can not wait to see blow up.
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INTERVIEW: SHAZ
With 18.2k on Twitter and four thousand plus followers on Instagram, Shaz is a force to be reckoned with. If you’re looking for inspiration, look no further than her Instagram @97.shaz, for a feed filled with artistic shots, fashion galore and iconic makeup looks. As well as being a creative, she uses her platform to speak up and speak out about injustice, and, oh yeah, she’s starred in not one, but two of The 1975’s music video’s (Love It If We Made It & TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME) no biggie though.
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