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From Vagina Rock to Cootchie-Coo: Ani Difranco, Hip Mama, Has Baby.
Ok, I know she’s a controversial figure. I mean, she sings about pussy stridently. We might not be able to handle that around here. But these days, Ani Di’s also been preparing to
Posted: January 4th, 2008 under 50 ft Woman, Ani Difranco, Female Sexuality, acceptance, alternative, alternative & punk, anger, ani, artist, attack of the 50ft woman, baby, barack, birthday, canon, cd, dammit!, daughter, experimental jazz, exploitation, itunes, love, lyric, lyricism\, mike napolitano, mother, motherhood, music, musician, obama, petah lucia, poetry, pop music, popular music, power, punk, real love, record company, record industry, righteous babe, september 11, slideshow, tour, vanilla weiss, vote.
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Tonight, It's All About the Ladies . . .
Sorry ’bout the late notice. But if you’re in the Western Massachusetts area today, consider your plans for this evening. If they’re not going to include the verbal stylings of MCs Tye Pheonix, Latia Larock and Apani B Fly, or the mixing of DJs Nomadik (formerly of WERS’ Hip Hop show on Tuesday nights) and [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2007 under Apani B Fly, DJ Megha, DJ Nomadik, Desiree, Latia Larock, MA, Massachusetts, NYC, Tye Pheonix, Western, all female, amherst, artist, concert, england, free stuff, gallery, greenfield, hip hop, ladies, music, myspace, new, pushkin, showcase, talent.
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Jean Grae For President
This summer, I attended the Randall’s Island, New York rendition of Rock The Bells. It was raining and cold, and my umbrella was confiscated as I entered the eight hour festival because it could be potentially used as a weapon – (another victory for the enemies of freedom and justice) Needless to say, the shows [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2007 under Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Brooklyn, Byron Hurt, City, Grae, Ibrahim, New York, Rock The Bells, Tsidi, agency, agent, artist, attack of the attacking things, beats, blog, candidate, crisis, date, dating, dating show, disrespect, easter bunny, election, female, gender, hip hop, hotline, jean, man, mate, music, musician, object, objectification, president, presidential candidate, raccoon, randall's island, rape, rapper, rhymes, sad, scene, select, single, speed dating, stiletto, stripping, triggering, umbrella, underground, undergroundhiphop.com, vote, whip, wildlife.
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Missy Elliot & Work it, Or, I Need to Shave My Chocha so You'll Eat It Like a Vultcha
In her track “Work It,” Missy Elliot offers a wise approach to the objectification-heavy world of commercial hip hop: “I’m not a prostitute, but I can give you what you want.” The hit single “Work It” both employs the blatant objectification of women (with images, in the video, of women bending over in hootchie shorts [...]
Posted: August 12th, 2007 under Chinese, Kunta Kinte, Lil' Kim, Massah, Missy Elliot, Puerto Rican, Timbaland, Work It, artist, ass, black, blunt, bodunkadunkdunk, chocha, commercial, culture, cunnilingus, dichotomy, drunk, female, gender, gender equality, hair did, hip hop, hootchie, ladies, lyric, male, minuteman, misogynistic, molestation, musician, nails done, objectification, pastor, pop, proposition, prostitute, pubic hair, pubic hair grooming, respect, respect me, reverse, risque, sexual objectification, shame, shave, slave, song, this is not a test, vulture, white.
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"G.s Up, Hos Down, While You Muthafuckahs . . . Seek Gender and Racial Equality"
I just got back from NYC’s incarnation of the Rock the Bells Hip Hop Festival on Randall’s Island this weekend, where I was struck by the ways that the mainstream, commercial hip hop scene differs from the “underground” or “conscious” hip hop scene that I stood for hours in mud and pouring rain to dance [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under A Girl Named You, ATLiens, Andre, Andre 3000, Atmosphere, Bag Lady, Benzi Box, Best Buy, Brooklyn Masala, Brother Ali, Brown Skin Lady, CunninLynguists, Cypress Hill, Dead Prez, Eminem, Erykah Badu, Forest Whitaker, G, Gin and Juice, Hey Ya, Immortal Technique, MF DOOM, Masta Ace, Mos Def, Outkast, Psalm One, Rage Against the Machine, Rhymesayers, Rjd2, Sage Francis, Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, The Light, agency, artist, audience, authenticity, bikini, bitch, black, blog, clitoral stimulation, clitoris, commercial, common, conscious, culture, cunnilingus, dance, dancer, exploitative, expression, fan, festival, fish and grits, future, gat, gender, go-go, heads down, hip hop, ho, hum, identity, independent, indie, individual, irony, island, label, love making, lovemaking, lover, mainstream, making love, marijuana, mass-produced, masturbation, men, message, mind sex, money, mother, motherfucker, mud, music, nigga, nonsense, objectification, pimp, polaroid, political, politics, produce, produced, prostitution, race, rain, randall, randall's, rap, rapper, rhyme, security, self acceptance, self-produced, sex, sincerity, sister, stereotype, stereotypes, sugar, talent, underground, women.
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The Writing on the Wall: Fafi
When Fafi was eighteen, she started sneaking out of her parents’ home to make public art. Her work, which is cartoonish, features what her myspace page calls “powerful and active” images of girls. Fafi, now thirty-one, lives in France with her husband and children and travels the world to install her rogue pieces, which she [...]
Posted: June 25th, 2007 under 30 Rock, Dr. Faustus, Girls Rock, Italian Vogue, Japanese, Le Sportsac, MTV, Marlowe, Mash, Pornography, Self Objectification, The Face, angel, anime, art, artist, devil, fafi, fashion, female, female artist, femininity, graffiti, identity, money, mural, nipple, objectification, power, public art, race, sex, sex goddess, sexuality, spray paint, standard of beauty, stereotype, vandalism, wardrobe malfunction.
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