Tag: Andy Warhol

The Canonization of Lou Reed

All your two-bit psychiatrists are giving you electric shockthey said they’d let you live at home with mom and dadinstead of mental hospitalsbut every time you tried to read a bookyou couldn’t get to page 17’cause you forgot where you were so you couldn’t even read. Whatever the rationale for Reed’s ECT, his relationship to […]

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The Complex Life of Donyale Luna, The First Black Supermodel

Photo: Keystone Features / Stringer (Getty Images) Luna met her husband Luigi Cazzaniga, who was a photographer, in the 70s. The couple had one daughter together named Dream Cazzaniga. Unfortunately, Luna was rejected by Luigi’s conservative family because of “religious reasons”, and only wanted a relationship with Dream. As a result, Luna became very lonely […]

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