CBS S&P has got you (adequately) covered.
CBS is will be airing the Grammy Awards this Sunday, and they are very concerned about your buttock crack and your female breast nipples. (Male breasts: You’re in the clear. As usual. Flash ‘em if you got ‘em.)
...read moreSupport Frank Talk about Sex and Intimacy by Supporting Hip Hop is For Lovers
“HH4L is something I believe in. We have the potential — and are building the momentum to — impact the culture at large. Not just Hip Hop culture. I’ve seen myself transformed through this work. I know and believe to my core that we can reach folks with what we do.”
...read moreHow the Music and Media Presence of TLC Shaped My Womanism (Part 2)
(Read part 1 here.) By the time 1994 and CrazySexyCool came around, I was a freshman in high school. My challenges were different than my middle school years: I was Black and poor on a scholarship to a prestigious independent school, in an environment where affluence and whiteness were the standard. I felt like I [...]
...read moreHow The Music and Media Presence of TLC Shaped My Womanism (Part 1)
As a painfully awkward tween and teen, I often preferred the company of books and the radio to that of my peers. In a somewhat restrictive (evangelical Christians, where y’all at?) environment, secular music was an almost forbidden indulgence for my younger sisters and me. Of course, we were allowed the squeaky clean offerings of [...]
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Hip Hop Is For Lovers
This is a guest post by Lauren Bruce, former Feministe blogger and music superfan.
Hip Hop is For Lovers is a multimedia web experience dedicated to looking at love, sex and intimacy through the lens of hip hop culture. Its centerpiece is a weekly woman-centered, queer-friendly and justice-heavy podcast that features discussions about a variety of relationship topics punctuated with the best in rap. After months as a listener, I had the privilege of talking with podcast co-hosts Uche and Lenée about the making of the show, the tentative relationship between hip hop culture and mainstream feminism, and what we should be listening to next. After the interview, tune in live on Wednesday nights from 8-10 EST to hear Uche and Lenée in action.
...read moreFriday Foolishness: Turquoise Jeep Music
I know that my guest blogging time here at Feministe is just about over. And, before I lay one more serious post on y’all, I just had to share something that I absolutely love. Something that keeps me from being too down in the dumps during my period of underemployment. Good people, I present to [...]
...read moreFemale Music Critics Transcend Fan Culture
This is a guest post from Georgia Kral, re-posted with permission from On The Issues magazine. Scan through the pages of a major music magazine, the arts section of The New York Times, Pitchfork.com or myriad other sources and count the number of female bylines you find on pop music criticism. Not many, right? (Or [...]
...read moreCause you can’t handle me
more on the not-so-secret feminism of Robyn! Once upon a time, one of my favorite feminist blogs was called Pop Feminist. Its author has since moved on to bigger things, but I refuse to call them better because I LOVED Pop Feminist. (I also love the lady behind it, who has become a friend because [...]
...read moreYou Like Prince?
I resisted Mount Sims for a long, long while, but last night the boyfriend forced me to sit down and listen to the stuff. So here I am sitting in my computer chair shamelessly rocking out to this seedy, Prince-like, electro jam. If you’re like me, you’ll have to ignore the lyrics to enjoy the [...]
...read moreSo Sad, But Not
Alas, there will be no kitty blogging or music blogging this Friday, though Doug would be proud of his kibble-hunting pictures and Pablo has a great deal of vomit to show off. My computer is in the shop. Soon I’ll be able to access all my programs and files and burn CDs again. Oh, glorious [...]
...read moreWhy Don’t Women Download?
In my corner of the world, the more accurate question should be, “Why don’t women buy mp3s?” Because the smart chicks download for free. And win their mp3 players playing competitive touchscreen bar games. The Guardian investigates, “Why is it that only 4% of legally downloaded music is being bought by women?” and actually includes [...]
...read moreReason #849 My Son Amazes Me
I checked on Ethan last night as I was going to bed and noticed his bedroom door was covered with two dozen yellow sticky notes. I crouched down to look at them and look at what I found: If you have a hard time reading this, it says “Tchaikovsky Music.” The ultimate bonus is the [...]
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