Arabelle Sicardi (born 1993) is an American feminist fashion and beauty writer.
Life and career
As a teenager, Sicardi launched a blog entitled Fashion Pirate, becoming "Tumblr's go-to fashion philosopher and beauty oracle." Sicardi has also been a staff writer at
Rookie
A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year).
In contrast with a veteran who has experience and expertise, a rookie is usually inexperienced ...
, beauty editor at
BuzzFeed and a freelance writer for
Refinery29,
The Daily Beast
''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008.
It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...
, and
. Sicardi attended
Rutgers University
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...
.
calls Sicardi "a visionary young queer feminist;"
''Bustle'' says Sicardi is a "queer beauty icon."
The Huffington Post
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named Sicardi's essay "Beauty is Broken" to its list of "The Most Important Writing from People of Color in 2015."
Bust
Bust commonly refers to:
* A woman's breasts
* Bust (sculpture), of head and shoulders
* An arrest
Bust may also refer to:
Places
* Bust, Bas-Rhin, a city in France
*Lashkargah, Afghanistan, known as Bust historically
Media
* ''Bust'' (magazin ...
said Sicardi has a "uniquely awesome wardrobe aesthetic" and "a knack for mixing and matching pieces that somehow draw together the perfect balance of quirk and chic."
Sicardi is particularly known for turning a critical lens on beauty.
In 2014, Sicardi and collaborator
Tayler Smith mounted a show called "Most Important Ugly" at
American Two Shot. Bust said the two "make art that matters." One of the photographs from the show was "sampled" by Zak Arctander and appeared in an article in ''
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...
''. Sicardi and Smith later claimed this was creative theft and have been the subject of controversy in regards to the legality of Arctander's actions versus the ethical implications.
Sicardi is
nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
References
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Living people
1993 births
American feminist writers
21st-century American writers