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Emily M Cameron

Formerly Crooked, now reformed.

I write about cool stuff for cool people.

British Vogue, Sunday Times Style, Dazed, GQ, Gay Times, AnOther,  etc.

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Gay Times Magazine •

Torrey Peters: “Maybe you f*ck other trans girls, maybe you don't, but you care and you love”

Words by Emily M Cameron

If Torrey Peters isn’t a household name already, then she will be after Stag Dance. Currently, after Detransition, Baby’s Women’s Prize for Fiction nomination and international success, I think it depends on who’s house you’re in, soon it won’t. But if you were disappointed that Detransition, Baby wasn’t How To Be A Trans Ally 101, you’ll be equally disappointed by Stag Dance. Though different in almost every way, Peters’ second book is every bit as complex as Detransit...
GAY TIMES •

Shura: “Getting muscles takes so long”

I sort of joke that it’s giving Joan of Arc top, and then Ellie from The Last Of Us bottom. I think that the first sort of obvious one is a game I played called Baldur’s Gate 3, which took over my life. I just sort of fell in love with the idea of myself as this slightly chaotic gnome Bard.
I had also just read The Little Prince and was absolutely devastated by it, like this is not a children’s book. There’s this really striking image of him stood on top of a mountain range, and then the themes...
GAY TIMES •

Dolls and dykes: Plastyk is a new era of lesbianism in South London

On 21st of September this year the trans community in London achieved another of its “firsts” – we’ve had the first London Trans+ Pride, we’ve had Harpies, Europe’s first trans strip club, and now we have the first lesbian night run by a trans woman. It’s worth saying I would love to be wrong about this, and if you know of one that predates Plastyk, then please let me know. And I know that there are other trans-run lesbian nights, operated by non-binary people and trans mascs, in fact there are...
GAY TIMES •

Blue-chip galleries and Gail's: An outsider's guide to Frieze

The Frieze fairs (London and Masters) landed in Regents Park this week, sending ”art people” into their annual frenzy. It’s the art world’s equivalent of fashion week with much more money and much less embarrassment about it. There is absolutely nothing coy, current or trendy about a “Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Lounge”, or champagne at a minimum of £20 a glass. In that sense, Frieze is fundamentally and proudly unabashed. 
The fairs take place in what must be two of the largest marquees on...
The Sunday Times •

Skinny jeans are back: here’s how to style them

Full disclosure: I’ve always loved skinny jeans. People say they’re uncomfortable but honestly, to me, there is nothing more comforting than having my calves hugged by soft, stretchy denim. So earlier this year, when Miu Miu, the instigator of all present trends, showed models traipsing down the catwalk in low-rise skinnies, my interest was piqued. The Instagram-based trend forecaster Data, But Make It Fashion confirmed it: after analysing hundreds of social media posts mentioning skinny jeans,...
GAY TIMES •

The Substance reminds us that body horror has always been trans

If you’ve been on the internet over the past few weeks, it’s been near impossible to avoid talk of The Substance, the best-known example of the “feminist body horror” revival which also includes Nightbitch and Shell. From tales of Demi Moore’s career best performance, to its scathing critique of the beauty industry and society’s attitudes towards ageing women, the internet is awash with (mostly) praise for Coralie Fargeat’s second feature. 
The film stars Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle, an Oscar-win...
GAY TIMES •

HARPIA: London’s c*ntiest dolls combine their slay for one night only - GAY TIMES

To be past your first birthday in London queer nightlife is a blessing and a curse – a blessing in that you made it, just like most businesses, most parties give up the ghost in their first year. And while it can be a curse to have to rise to the occasion of bigger expectations,  bigger venues, bigger fees, more pressure and bigger queues, the Opia girlies haven’t hesitated as they’ve planted their heels in each stride forward. From a launch night collaboration with Chema Diaz, to their designer...
Dazed •

Anohni on hope, her tour, and the misogyny of transphobia

Anohni is an artist whose voice does so much more than sing – there is a power to her words and an indescribable beauty to listening to her speak. Between songs, she often begins lilting, meandering tales that take you from the minute and personal to the monumental and everlasting. At her Barbican show on July 2, it was childhood memories of sugar in tea, understood through the violence and crimes committed by colonial Britain in acquiring those substances.
Her latest project, Anohni and the Joh...