Spam From Rihanna

“Rihanna came into Magic City after her concert in Atlanta. I was dancing and she was throwing money, but I didn’t think nothing of it. Then a couple of weeks later, someone called me up saying that Rihanna wanted me to come to LA to dance in her video. I was like, ‘This is not real life, it’s gotta be spam.’”

-The Fader talked to five of the women who danced in Rihanna’s “Pour It Up” video, which we discussed here last week. A lot of the women were asked if they had found the video “empowering”; I was especially interested in dancer Asha Franklin’s response: “Normally, I’m a tomboy. I don’t dress like that and never want to dance like a girl. Because of how we were dressed, I was forced to be as feminine as possible. Now, I’m ok with going to auditions and gigs dressed in less clothing because I went through that on ‘Pour It Up.’” I was thinking: When I’m in basketball clothes I sit like this (legs splayed, slouching); when I’m in a nice dress I sit like this (up straight, legs crossed politely). Is there a word for that kind of shift? [The Fader]