What is fashion without legends and folklore? No, we’re not talking about iconic designers and supermodels, or the Taylor Swift album — we’re talking about literal mythology.

Not since the days of 90s-era Naomi baring little more than leopard spots in an Azzedine Alaïa catsuit has there been so much sartorial pussy power. Catsuits are no longer just a caricature of femininity. In 2021, they’re a newfound symbol of defiant sexuality in film, fashion and music.

Duality is at the heart of Ashnikko’s behemoth mixtape, DEMIDEVIL, that beats to a strong feminist pulse. Alice May Stenson sits down with the singer to discuss its whip-cracking trajectory.

“If punk had to have a motto, it wouldn’t have been ‘let’s fuck,’ but ‘fuck you,’” cultural theorist Carlo McCormick writes in the opening dialogue to Punk Lust: Raw Provocation 1971-1985.  When you dust off your dad’s dirty records you’ll find that punk was never pure.