Tag Archives: Music
The Feministing Five: Miss Haze
TweetMiss Haze (aka Hazel Rose) is a San Francisco Bay Area based performer, artist and activist. She’s the front woman of the hip-hop/electronic soul group 40Love. Her raw lyricism combined with her love of the mystic and sprituality makes her a standout artist. Moreover, the feminist themes found in her work makes her an inspiration to [...]
Frank Ocean makes TV debut and beautiful music history
TweetLast week R&B singer Frank Ocean made history. He is the first R&B singer to come out and reveal that his first love was a man. With the release of his debut solo album, Channel Orange Ocean makes beautiful music and pushes the boundaries of traditional pop and R&B with not so subtle references to [...]
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Nicki Minaj on sexism in the music industry
TweetNicki Minaj gives us some straight talk about double standards in the music industry. There is a lot of room for feminist critique around Nicki Minaj’s creative, visual or verbal choices–but I lay off intense scrutiny because she is the only woman in popular hip-hop. That doesn’t mean those critiques aren’t valid, or I don’t [...]
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Guy listens exclusively to female rappers for a month, writes smart stuff about it
Tweet Ladies in hip hop has been a theme around here recently, with award-winning journalist and Jay-Z inspiration Elizabeth Mendez Berry interviewed for the lastest Feministing Five and the recent Nikki Minaj themed Wednesday Weigh-In. Female rappers tend to be singled out as a group in general more for political than musical reasons. Like women [...]
Russia’s Pussy Riot on trial today, face 7 years in jail for performing a punk song