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Celebrity Deathmatch: Feminists vs. A Sense of Humor
I totally dig jazz singer Nellie McKay, and especially her song “Mother of Pearl”, which combines the classic tempo of Broadway standards with some wonderfully ironic lyrics about feminism: “Feminists don’t have a sense of humor, feminists just want to be alone . . .” I don’t want to spoil it for you, so you [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2008 under Comedy, Nellie McKay, PETA, broadway, classic, doris day, feminism, feminist, humor, irony, jazz, mother of pearl, music, rap, sense of humor, singer, standard.
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There Is Not a Black America, or a White America… There's the United States of America
Here’s MC Eazeyo, who is a Friend, telling those of us who support Obama why we should be getting down to the voting booths, in addition to the fat beats by Rjd2 that back this track.
Posted: December 31st, 2007 under Black America, Rjd2, United States, White America, barack, candidate, fat beats, hip hop, obama, president, presidential, race, rap, video.
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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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32 Flavas of That Bootylicious Radio Monopoly
Recently, I was dancing around my kitchen to my local Clear Channel top 40 station for hiphop and r&b. The song was Crime Mob’s “Rock Yo’ Hips,” and I stopped stirring the corn bean salad in disbelief when Diamond’s solo came on. She was making a (veiled), but definitely unmistakeable reference to Ani Difranco’s song [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2007 under 32 flavors, Ani Difranco, Clear Channel, Crime Mob, Female Sexuality, Rock Yo' Hips, Self Objectification, bodies, bootylicious, commercial radio, diamond, feminity, girl, hip hop, izzle as a suffix, lyric, monopoly, music video, objectification, pretty, radio, rap, self image, ugly.
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