Meg Superstar Princess
On Heidi Fleiss, Lana's Video Games, Tiny Tim Legs, and more
Meg Yates (@megsuperstarprincess) is all around. If you haven’t heard of her blog, “Le Hipster Portal,” yes you have. If you haven’t followed her forays into basically every artistic medium, well you should. From posting to modeling, writing to film directing, Meg has whittled her cultural skeleton key, traversing the pipeline between nostalgia and modern life in the city. She’s also our favorite bullshit DJ and recently guest edited Issue 3 of The Opioid Crisis Lookbook. Forever real and never afraid to polarize, Meg’s personal chaos is an art unlike any other.
We’re excited to have Meg on Silk, and even more excited to hear about what she’s been curating.
Why do you curate?
I’M NOT SURE THERE IS ANY ORIGINAL OR ANY VISUAL SUBCULTURE LEFT, AT LEAST HOW WE ONCE KNEW IT. Everything is a remix and everything is sampling. 2025 your mind needs to work on the remix of reference. Better yet, go genius mode and synthesize your references the Buddha way. Everything that ever was exists inside of us.
Jacko Goes Over the Edge (2001), NY Post
Michael Jackson dangling his baby “Blanket” out a Berlin hotel window. Prob first NY Post cover I ever saw. Hollywood baby. Americannnnnaaa. Rosebud vibes. The cover is framed above my bed now.
Pandering (2003), Heidi Fleiss
Legendary “Hollywood Madame” wrote this tweaker masterpiece post-arrest, pre-exotic bird sanctuary/quest to build the first for-women brothel in the desert. I'm pretty sure she wrote most of this massive book in prison — the collages are 2000s word art perfection. My favorite memoir ever.
Last Known Photo of Howard Hughes (Died 1976)
Extreme vibration. I can feel my psychotic soul in this photograph. Extremely fascinating man… but on this billionaire’s recluse-mode-deathbed, I think he’s actually channeling his divine feminine.
Magnificence in the Memory (1973-74), Ya Ho Wha 13
Beautiful beautiful album from YA HO WHA 13 aka Father Yod and the Source Family, one of LA’s best cults.
Video Games (2011), Lana Del Rey
Olympic Gold Medal of Internet culture art. For those around for the heydey of tumblr, this was the door that opened the path to enlightenment.
Tiny Tim Legs (2025)/A Christmas Carol (1843), Charles Dickens
Tiny Tim from the Christmas story is my biggest reference for when my knees buckle. I become Tiny Tim!!! Sometimes shit makes me feel like an orphan from 1840whatever!! Amazing.
Dog (1977), Charles Bukowski
Baller from Bukowski. Extra inspiring to me, as he doesn't mention being drunk in this one, and sometimes it's hard to not write about drugs and alcohol! He is so literally literary LITNESS.
Who else would you want to see on on WW?
KEITH RICHARDS
SAAM NIAMI
TRUSTFUNDGOTH
KILLAUREN
EV CHRISTENSEN
DESTINY STRUDWICK
@vodka_04201090909
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