The Gentlewoman

Nov 24, 2024 | thegentlewoman.co.uk | Ann Friedman |Oliver Hadlee Pearch

Just when indie rock is in dire need of direction, Kim Deal is back with a Breeders album to rip it a new one. Since she started out in the 1980s, playing bass and singing backup with the Pixies, Kim’s effervescent voice has been the one everybody’s wanted to hear. Her years on the road with her own bands may have been rambunctious, but downtime is low-key for Kim, 56, who learned her trade picking out harmonies with her twin sister, Kelley, at home in Dayton, Ohio.

Sep 27, 2024 | thegentlewoman.co.uk | Cristina Ruiz |Jamie Hawkesworth

The artist Kembra Pfahler lives by the phrase she helped invent — the future is female. As a vagina-positive performer, linchpin of New York City’s underground, and the bandleader of the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, she’s pushing back hard against misogyny, whatever the medium. Kembra Pfahler is talking to a stranger. We’re standing in front of the American painter John Singer Sargent’s red-brick house in Chelsea, London, and the bemused man she’s approached is loitering outside.

Sep 21, 2023 | thegentlewoman.co.uk | Matthew Schneier

Fashion Critic at Large, Flower Farmer at HeartAs fashion’s most discriminating critic, Cathy Horyn is admired by readers and insiders alike for her runway dispatches, whose occasional bracing candour has seen her blacklisted by industry practitioners.

Jul 3, 2023 | thegentlewoman.co.uk | Ann Friedman |Clara Balzary

When pop’s brightest stars are looking for a new smash hit, it’s Nova Wav they call. Brittany “Chi” Coney and Denisia “Blu June” Andrews’ shimmering grooves and provocative lyrics have made them one of the most in-demand producing and songwriting teams in the music biz, creating white-hot tracks for the likes of Beyoncé, Rihanna and Mary J. Blige.

Jun 23, 2023 | thegentlewoman.co.uk | Seb Emina |Jody Rogac

After winning us over with her naturalistic performances in offbeat independent films, Greta Gerwig stepped behind the camera to write and direct the wholehearted, female-forward favourites Lady Bird and Little Women. In the process, the Sacramento-born star became a multiple Oscar contender — one of only five women to be nominated for best director — and a cinematic force to be reckoned with. Now, at 39, she’s set to tackle her biggest subject yet: a doll called Barbie. And none of us can wait.