The cupcake is malevolent.

January 2, 2016 4:36 PM

"Being a fascist collaborator has never tasted so sweet.": Performance artist Penny Arcade on cupcakes and New York City at the Poetry Project's 2016 New Year's Day marathon benefit reading.
posted by frumiousb (9 comments total)

“I beckon the cupcake, the huge capitalist clit”
— Jenny Hval, “Kingsize”
posted by acb at 4:47 PM on January 2, 2016 [3 favorites]

Nice, day glo excellence.
posted by Oyéah at 4:59 PM on January 2, 2016

Man, I totally thought you meant this Penny Arcade and I was deeply confused!
posted by Frayed Knot at 5:33 PM on January 2, 2016 [12 favorites]

What's going on with the video? It looks like she is warping the space around her. Is that an artifact of software stabilization?
posted by sutt at 7:49 PM on January 2, 2016

I don't really want to watch a five minute video about cupcakes, but I am somewhat curious as to what this is about. Anyone care to describe it in writing?
posted by Juffo-Wup at 8:31 PM on January 2, 2016

I'm not sure how to start, honestly. But it is only a little bit about cupcakes. Poetry/performance art about gentrification and nostalgia?
posted by frumiousb at 8:46 PM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

Great speech. I thought her pink hair really added to the impact of the performance. You might say, it was the icing on top.
posted by foobaz at 11:11 PM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

I'm not sure how to start, honestly. But it is only a little bit about cupcakes. Poetry/performance art about gentrification and nostalgia

And New York!

I was there yesterday though missed this. It really is the best way to start the year. Such warmth and power in that church.
posted by wemayfreeze at 11:28 PM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

I'm really jealous, wemayfreeze. It seems like it was a wonderful event.
posted by frumiousb at 1:05 AM on January 3, 2016 [1 favorite]