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Wifey Status

By Gabby BessAugust 5, 2014
Being a bad bitch on the side might not appeal to fools like you
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Die 4 U

By Stacey May FowlesJuly 28, 2014
Lana Del Rey’s sound is nostalgia for an old lie
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The Fake as More

By Sarah Nicole PrickettJuly 22, 2014
Lana’s look is not to make it look easy
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Run, Boy, Run

By Nina PowerJuly 17, 2014
“Money, Power, Glory” says I can fuck (with) you, but I will also destroy the whole world that makes “you” possible
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Ms. America

By Ayesha SiddiqiJuly 11, 2014
Lana Del Rey's 'Merica is one with just as many symbols, but it requires far less cognitive dissonance.
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Once Upon a Dream

By Johanna FatemanJuly 4, 2014
Who better than Lana Del Rey to bring Maleficent’s excavation of female evil into the present?
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