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Hot Hot Heat: Music, Gender and Race in The Heat
As you probably guessed from the title, I recently saw The Heat. The movie is not without its flaws; there were definitely some examples of problematic humor. While that’s seems to often be par for the course in raunchy comedies, … Continue reading
Posted in film, music
Tagged female MCs, femcees, Katie Dippold, Melissa McCarthy, music, race, Sandra Bullock, soundtrack, The Heat
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Supersonic: Third Wave Feminism and the Importance of the “Hard Femme”-Cee
It’s a widely accepted idea that music, like fashion, social movements, and menstruation, runs in cycles. Sometimes this theory runs less true than others, but right now I think it’s pretty applicable. Because right now, in the year of our … Continue reading
Posted in people you should know about, race
Tagged feminism, gender, hard femme, hip-hop, music, queerness, sexuality
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