Below, Zoë Hopkins and I embark on an un-redacted and unflinching critique of Bottega Veneta’s 2024 Father’s Day campaign featuring A$AP Rocky and photographed by Carrie Mae Weems
- "And I wonder if we can stop internalizing and reproducing values of empire. And one of the values is this notion that representation inherently means something. "
- "Is this Carrie's table anymore?"
- "The kind of collectively approved like gag order that we've all signed and like keeping our tongues latched to the top of our mouths when it comes to critiquing black culture"
YES YES YES to all of this brilliant conversation! I'm also constantly thinking about not replicating the "grammar of violence." So many gems to sit with & revisit ✨.
- "And I wonder if we can stop internalizing and reproducing values of empire. And one of the values is this notion that representation inherently means something. "
- "Is this Carrie's table anymore?"
- "The kind of collectively approved like gag order that we've all signed and like keeping our tongues latched to the top of our mouths when it comes to critiquing black culture"
YES YES YES to all of this brilliant conversation! I'm also constantly thinking about not replicating the "grammar of violence." So many gems to sit with & revisit ✨.
The brilliance.
can’t wait to get stuck into this