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UNLEASHING QUEER VOICES THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND PRODUCTION
UPCOMING
ANTI DIVA:
CAROLE POPE
CONFESSIONS
Carole Pope is a queer icon and rock outlaw who was a beacon of freedom, feminism and gay liberation at a time before it was safe or cool. During the 70s and 80s, her band Rough Trade made platinum-selling records and opened for David Bowie and Roxy Music. From their avant-garde album covers to their slavish attention to outré fashion, hair and makeup, Carole Pope and Rough Trade were impossible to ignore...