All posts tagged "Music"
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Flanked by Rappers and TV Anchors @ AAPI Music and Media
By Celine Parreñas Shimizu Typically, academics are neither seen as relaxed like rappers nor glamorous like news anchors. So when invited to be on a panel...
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#BlackSkinWhiteSin: “You’re Jiggling, Baby. Go ‘head, baby.”: Fighting Temptations to Move in the Engineering of Worship
By Alisha Lola Jones Ok, we don’t wear girdles no more, but have you heard of SPANX? Have you heard of something that keeps you...
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Dislocations and the Holiness of Spirit
By Cherise Morris i. Perhaps this story starts in New Orleans, where I first felt the grace of place, on the corner of North Dorgenois...
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Two Poems
By Angelique V. Nixon moon rituals in times of crisis rush of magic enters the body with colorful joy bursts of soothing...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Why Were We Laughing at Drake’s Dancing in “Hotline Bling?”: On Body Movement and Black Masculinity
By Lauren M. Todd In the past month, there has been a huge buzz of unabashed laughter at the Grammy-Award winner, Billboard Chart record breaker,...
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A Review: Son of Baldwin Shares Why Janet Jackson’s Newest Album Reveals She is Unbreakable
By Robert Jones, Jr. In the 2011 BBC Janet Jackson documentary Taking Control, legendary musician/producer/songwriter Jimmy Jam recalls a moment during the recording of Jackson’s...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Exploring Meghan Trainor’s “Feminist” Message
By Emily Wershba A “new” wave of feminism (and anti-feminism) in pop culture has resulted in a newfound respect for feminist pop songs and...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: A Deeper Look: Exploring the Violent Homophobia of Jamaica
By Felicia Garcia One afternoon, I was driving to work and I had the reggae station playing on Pandora. Buju Banton’s “Boom Bye-Bye” came on....
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Prose Poem: Containment Narrative
By Clare Louise Harmon I dressed blackunderwearredbra I worried that the strap would be seen & then I remembered I didn’t careatall fucktheorchestra...
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Clap Back: Why I’m Here for Amber Rose and Black Women’s Sexual Agency
By Ashleigh Shackelford After hearing Kanye West’s comments in his interview on “The Breakfast Club,” where he spoke on his prior relationship with Amber Rose, I decided...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Can the Side Chick Speak?: Side Chicks Re(Thot)
By Samantha Crook Now that the “year of the side chick” has come to a close, let’s resolve to have a more “thotful” side chick...
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Feminists We Love: Toshi Reagon [VIDEO]
In today’s Feminists We Love feature, writer, performer and arts activist Toshi Reagon talks with TFW Associate Editor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about feminist lineages, the...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Dismissed Feminist Revision or: How I Learned to Stop Trolling and Love Lady Gaga’s “Applause”
By Andrew Emitt Recently, I was banned from the Popjustice forum after posting my opinion of Lady Gaga’s newest single “Applause” in the “Lady Gaga ‘Artpop’”...
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Feminist Cage Fight
By Darlena Cunha Welcome to the UFC’s (Unified Feminists Championship) main event tonight, folks. Refereeing this good match is the esteemed bell hooks, known for...
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Fallen Angels & Failures to Love: Gendered Violence in Songs About Bad Girls
By Annita Lucchesi Every year a few songs like this come out (semi-recent examples include Lil Wayne’s “How to Love,” J.Cole’s “Daddy’s Little Girl,” and...
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LGBTQ Film Feature: “U People” Fifth Anniversary Interview with Hanifah Walidah
Nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary in 2010, U People is a music video, a documentary LGBT film, and a...
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“r/evolutionary love sounds: a mixtape for Assata”
By Amina Doherty rev·o·lu·tion noun ˌre-və-ˈlü-shən 1. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system; 2. the movement...
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Why My Kingdom Needs Janelle Monae’s Q.U.E.E.Ndom
By Hashim Pipkin I am not a black woman. And unlike many who are not, I do not claim to be able to speak for the...
