Claudia Smith is the author of the short story collection
Quarry Light
(Magic Helicopter Press) and the flash fiction collections
The Sky is a Well
(Rose Metal Press) and
Put Your Head in My Lap
(Future Tense Books). She lives in Houston, Texas, where she works as a lecturer for the English department at the University of Houston-Downtown.
Lately I’ve been taken with the Basic Bitch. I didn’t really notice her until last year. She’s catching on, this girl; she is everywhere. Kara Brown, writing for Jezebel, explains that she really caught on after the hit song “Gucci Gucci” (Kreayshawn). It’s a great song, catchy and canny. Probably my favorite line in this song is Bitch You Ain’t No Barbie, I see you work at Arbie’s. In Kreayshawn’s Gucci Gucci, the Bad Bitch…
