City Desk » What’s Your Problem? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:18:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Photo: From the Series: Sign Language http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2011/01/26/photo-from-the-series-sign-language-5/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2011/01/26/photo-from-the-series-sign-language-5/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:34:33 +0000 Darrow Montgomery http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=67909

Adams Morgan, January 26

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2011/01/26/photo-from-the-series-sign-language-5/feed/ 0 Bass Gets New Booty http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/08/06/bass-gets-new-booty/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/08/06/bass-gets-new-booty/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:46:54 +0000 Amanda Hess http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=6261 In this week's "What's Your Problem?" I spoke with performance artist Holly Bass, who challenges media stereotypes of black women by incorporating a humongous detachable butt into her routines. In order to mock-up this bigger booty, Bass invented what she calls "booty balls," a pair of basketballs that she straps on top of her own derrière. So, what's the problem? I don't want to give away the ending, but let's just say it involved some tightening up of some loose, err … okay, okay, some loose basketballs. Below: the evolution of Bass's booty.

"WNBA" at the Hip Hop Theater Festival, 2007

Learn more about Bass's work in "Fake Your Booty," Maura Judkis' feature about Bass's booty work.

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