BIG BI SHOUT OUT TO... MADAME DOLLAR
One of the fantastic things about working at DIVA HQ is the never-ending stream of talented queer women we get to hear about. Right now, for instance, I’m editing a brilliant, thought-provoking article written for DIVA by Izzy Rabey, a young bi writer/performer from Wales, which will appear in the February issue of the magazine (mark your diaries for 28 January).
In it she talks about all kinds of amazing and interesting stuff (keeping spoilers to a minimum here!), including her alter ego, Welsh LGBT rapper Madame Dollar, “the shell-suit-wearing spirit animal of my own imagination... amusing yet angry, familiar and yet alien... a way of indulging my teenage dream of owning a brightly-coloured, metallic shell-suit (in the colours of the Bi Pride flag), worn with mustard heart-shaped sunglasses in public and with purpose.”
To hear Madame Dollar rap about subjects like the struggles of Welsh sheep farmers, cat-calling, and championing Wales’s cultural heritage over its capitalist viability (yes, for reals), visit Izzy’s Soundcloud. London-dwellers can catch her next gig on 4 February at Scratch That Hackney. She’s pretty fun on Twitter too.
So there you go - my first Big Bi Shout Out. Want to write one? Know someone who should get one? Email [email protected].
xLouise