Yasi Salek
Yasi Salek is a writer living at the corner of ennui and joy (it's near Hollywood). She has two cats, a fondness for parentheses, and a strong aversion to carrots. She is also the founding editor of Cultist Zine, a website for people who hate carrots and love music, art, and feminism, and the co-editor-in-chief of the forthcoming Crying Magazine, a magazine for people with feelings and also people with no feelings.
More by Yasi Salek
An Ode to the Lifesaving Magic of Independent Record Stores
06.01.18 — "That's what they are, independent record stores and bookstores: buoys for the drowning. The whole place exudes promise."read more
Man Creates Satirical News Site As Love Letter to Punk :: Millions of Readers Ensue
05.10.16 — We catch up with the creator of The Hard Times (aka The Onion of punk and hardcore news), to learn his philosophies on comedy, satire, love, punk, and more. read more
My Favorite Pieces of Culture Created by Women in 2015
12.31.15 — Yasi rounds up a few of her favorite cultural contributions that women gave the world in 2015.read more
The End of Bohemia :: Ash Thayer's Photos of Lower East Side Squatters in the '90s
09.18.15 — At 19 years old, Ash Thayer became a full-time member of a community of squatters in New York City's Lower East Side that society chose to overlook. Equipped with her...read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: DJ MUKTA MOHAN
09.04.15 — Yasi continues her GIRL SCHOOL series with DJ Mukta Mohan, LA Weekly's 2014 "Best Radio DJ," on her love for music and its connection to memory and her day job...read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: An Interview with Hether Fortune of Wax Idols
08.18.15 — "As lofty as it may sound, playing live music is the purest form of transcendence that I've experienced." We interview Hether Fortune, whose band Wax Idols is a living expression...read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: MEET RACHAEL ANDERSON AKA "STEAK"
08.04.15 — Find out how Rachael Anderson (aka Steak) got her nickname as she talks about balancing her two clothing brands, writing/blogging, and being a badass wife and mom in the process.read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: The Visceral Work of Film Photographer Alexis Gross
07.17.15 — "[Photographer] Alexis has a knack for not only capturing compelling scenes, but also conveying a sensory experience, be it the electricity of kids at a punk show or the sensual...read more
Samantha Duenas AKA SoSuperSam Is Reviving L.A.'s Love for R&B
06.10.15 — Learn how LA DJ/producer Samantha Duenas aka SoSuperSam went from a degree in Economics to starting one of the city's most popular Neptunes production-obsessed R&B dance nights, 143.read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: GIA BAHM, DESIGNER OF UNEARTHEN JEWELRY
05.21.15 — Yasi continues her series "Girl School" schooling us on the coolest girls we need to know right now, with Gia Bahm of Unearthen Jewelry, one of the coolest modern jewelry...read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: INTERVIEW WITH L.A. PHOTOGRAPHER ADRI LAW
03.11.15 — Yasi continues her weekly series GIRL SCHOOL with Adri Law, an LA photographer with a moody, eccentric aesthetic that's landed her work with the likes of Vans to Complex Magazine...read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: LYZ OLKO, FOUNDER AND DESIGNER OF OBESITY + SPEED
02.25.15 — Interview with the founder/designer of cult brand Obesity + Speed on how she never anticipated getting to where she is now without having had a background in fashion.read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: WHY GRUNGE-PUNK DUO SLUTEVER ARE YOUR NEW BEST FRIENDS
02.12.15 — Yasi Salek continues her weekly GIRL SCHOOL column interviewing one of our favorite grunge duos Slutever, for an entertaining/hilarious read that makes us all want to be best friends with...read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: THE MAKE UP ARTISTRY OF KALI KENNEDY
02.05.15 — Continuing GIRL SCHOOL, Yasi talks to amazing make up artist Kali Kennedy & learns her dreams of working with Richard Avedon in the Suicide Forest, taking shrooms during a shoot,...read more
GIRL SCHOOL :: L.A. Artist Clare Kelly's Expansive Work with Hesse Press
01.29.15 — Yasi kicks off her first edition of GIRL SCHOOL profiling L.A.-based artist Clare Kelly – dancer, choreographer, video artist, & now: art book publisher, whose Hesse Press will feature works by...read more