Feministing Jamz: Jam of the Week — Chasing Time by Azealia Banks

our mudflap girl, jammin on her headphones

In 2012, Azealia Banks seemed ready to take over the world. With a consistent string of fresh singles and mixtapes that won many of our hearts, a collaboration with MAC makeup, and promises of an upcoming album – Broke With Expensive Taste - the openly queer rapper was poised to become the next big MC. Instead, she was plagued by issues with her label – literally begging back in January to be dropped, claiming she was “tired of having to consult a group of old white men about her black girl craft” – and twitter beefs that didn’t really endear her to anyone.

Complicated as she may be, it’s hard to deny that Banks is mega-talented, and it seems that since she’s been dropped from her label – which she heartily celebrated, referencing The Color Purple – she’s been back on her grind. After dropping visuals for Heavy Metal and Reflective just last month, Banks dropped Chasing Time a couple of days ago, and it’s one of her best singles in a while. About a breakup, the track seems to be a not-so-subtle reference to the last couple of years of hardships with her label – Had the future in my pocket but I lost it when I gave it to you. Here’s to hoping for the album soon!

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Verónica Bayetti Flores has spent the last years of her life living and breathing reproductive justice. She has led national policy and movement building work on the intersections of immigrants' rights, health care access, young parenthood, and LGBTQ liberation, and has worked to increase access to contraception and abortion, fought for paid sick leave, and demanded access to safe public space for queer youth of color. In 2008 Verónica obtained her Master’s degree in the Sexuality and Health program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She loves cooking, making art, listening to music, and thinking about the ways art forms traditionally seen as feminine are valued and devalued. In addition to writing for Feministing, she is currently spending most of her time doing policy work to reduce the harms of LGBTQ youth of color's interactions with the police and making sure abortion care is accessible to all regardless of their income.

Verónica is a queer immigrant writer, activist, and rabble-rouser.

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