“I wear a lot glittery cheap rings on my fingers,” she tells Kurt, “And people will say, ‘Well, why do you do that?’ And I will say that I’m trying to pay tribute to Lil’ Kim” — the rapper — “because I feel Lil’ Kim is in danger of being forgotten.”

— Jamaica Kincaid on The New Yorker and Lil’ Kim (via jalylah)

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