Feminist Artist Embroidered Rap Lyrics Onto Lingerie To Start A Conversation

Buckman grew up in a socialist, feminist household, listening to the lyrics of Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, left to grapple with the implications of the artists’ occasionally misogynist lyrics. When she became a mother, Buckman realized instead of humming lullabies to her baby at night, she was reciting rap lyrics, and often rather explicit ones. 

As the artist explained to The Creators Project, “When you’re cooing into your baby’s ear lyrics like, ‘Bitches I like them brainless, guns I like them stainless steel,’ it’s hard not to find issue with the messaging and want to use your artwork to explore this dialogue.”

She decided to channel this tension into her work, embroidering lyrics from the two rappers onto pieces of women’s lingerie, juxtaposing both empowering and chauvinist snippets to capture the wide and often muddled range of attitudes toward women represented in the music. The series is called “Every Curve.”

“It is important to me that people see that there are many empowering messages for women within this genre of music, but that some of the ideas of women are polarizing,” the artist explained to The Huffington Post. One lyric from Biggie reads: “I don’t give the bitch enough to ride the bus.” A Tupac quote reads: “I swear I’ll never call you bitch again.” And one more from Biggie’s “Big Booty Hoes”: “Ain’t that a slut, hell yeah, she even take it in the butt.” 

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Kim Kardashian Wears Lingerie To Friend’s Wedding, Posts Series Of Racy Selfies On Instagram

While most of the world was tuning into HBO on Saturday night for Beyoncé’s “LEMONADE,” Kim Kardashian was out living her best life attending a friend’s wedding with hubby, Kanye West.

And of course, she didn’t hold back when it came to her attire.

For model Isabela Rangel and Dave Grutman’s wedding, the 35-year-old reality TV star donned an Alexander Wang “bias cut dress with exposed bra detail,” which basically equates to lingerie.

.@KimKardashian wears #Spring2016 Ready to Wear look 20, bias cut dress with exposed bra detail #wangsquad pic.twitter.com/x6QKUaKI35

— Alexander Wang, Inc. (@AlexanderWangNY) April 25, 2016

Damn.

The mother-of-two paired her sultry slip dress with a sheer robe with lace sleeves and a diamond choker necklace that oozed of glam.

Naturally, the selfie queen had to document her ensemble (among other things) with a series of 16 racy Instagram posts, and seven Snapchats.

Here are some of them in all their glory:

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A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 23, 2016 at 4:12pm PDT

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A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 23, 2016 at 6:05pm PDT

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A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 23, 2016 at 7:29pm PDT

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A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 23, 2016 at 9:35pm PDT

We weren’t kidding when we said racy. But possibly the most epic post of them all? The close-up of Kim’s ample bosom:

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A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 23, 2016 at 9:53pm PDT

Many are speculating that Kardashian was trying to upstage Beyoncé on her big night, alluding to the rumoured feud between the two wives of rapper friends Kanye West and Jay Z.

“She struggling to get more followers than Beyoncé again,” wrote one commenter on the ice cream pic.

“Stop trying to steal the light from Beyoncé,” wrote another. “Just embarrassing herself.”

Regardless of whether Kimmy was trying to steal Queen Bey’s spotlight or not, we have to say, girl looks good.

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