Introducing Non Threatening Boys* with E.R. Fightmaster and Lucy Dacus

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Big news: we’ve launched a Substack! On top of your regular Dollhouse content, we’ll be sending out a bi-weekly Substack newsletter called Non Threatening Boys*, named for Lisa’s pin-up magazine of the same name in The Simpsons. Expect essays, editorials and interviews, all examining masculinity through the Polyester lens! Preview our first issue below…

If you asked Polyester to make a list of our favourite boys*, E.R. Fightmaster, who makes music as FIGHTMASTER, would be near the top. The actor, musician and model is the artist behind some of our favourite music of the year – the propulsive EP Bloodshed Baby – so we were delighted, then, when they agreed to be the first feature in our Non-Threatening Boys* interview and editorial series. We were even more delighted when another of our faves – Lucy Dacus of boygenius, one of the culture’s most dominant boys* in recent years – agreed to interview them on our behalf. 

Here, in a conversation moderated by Polyester, Lucy and E.R. talk about gender, fashion choices, Bloodshed Baby, masculinity without domination, and the best shit they’ve ever gotten for free. That conversation is accompanied here by an editorial series featuring E.R. as that quintessentially masc figure – the knight in shining armour – shot by Camille Mariet. Read the interview below, and then print the pics out, put them on your bedroom wall, and give them a kiss goodnight before bed.

Read the the feature here and subscribe to the free bi-weekly newsletter here. Enjoy!