New masculinity

This is so amazing:

Great interview, great lady

Katha Pollitt - check out her articles in The Nation or her books, she rules.

sometimes, yeah sometimes, i wish i were a boy

This post is inspired by the Ciara video, "Like a Boy" that Koz posted earlier.
I like collecting songs that make direct comments on gender. These next songs in particular (including the Ciara one) investigate a gender role-reversal. I would be surprised to find a similar hypothetical, sung by a man wishing he were a woman or at least considering what it would be like. If such a song existed, in the state of popular music now, it would never chart like a Beyonce gender-bender jam about being a detached, cheatery cop.



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Another song by Beyonce... The video being sort of a feminist throwback, vibing on  fifties suburban housewives. The lyrics though are decidedly about the singer's value as percieved by the man she's with- singing "why don't you love me". The most powerfully delivered line repeats "theres nothing not to love about me". No mention on how she feels about him, whether or not there is nothing not to love about him. At one point she does posit that he may not be the one. No joke!



** there is a weird R-Kelly answer remix version of this song if you feel like checking it out.

Music Matters: Robyn, Janelle Monae, & Fembot/Android/Cyborg Feminism | Bitch Magazine

Some fun food for thought... :)~Erika

Music Matters: Robyn, Janelle Monae, & Fembot/Android/Cyborg Feminism | Bitch Magazine

VOTE! TODAY! IMPORTANT! VOTE! TODAY! IMPORTANT! VOTE! TODAY! IMPORTANT! VOTE! TODAY! IMPORTANT!

Rand Paul supporter stomps on woman's head.

Freedom of speech, right?

Typical Girls/The Slits

Check it out!

This is really intense.

Taking on abortion clinic protesters and turning the tables on them:

Amber's art

If you are in Ypsilanti and you want to see some rad photographs, go see Amber's work at the Ugly Mug on Cross! Yay, do it!

Telling Latinos not to vote?

Apparently, a group called Latinos for Reform, a Republican group, is paying $80,000 to air this ad on Univision:



What about Republicans that are spreading anti-immigrant sentiment? Do you think that refusing to vote is going to help Latinos gain visibility or acceptance?

One of my favorite songs/videos

Just flashing back to 2007, to one of my favorite jams from that year:



I think this song/video is really empowering, what do you think?

Black women and reproductive freedom

Check it out:

Abortion Conspiracy Promo from STV Productions on Vimeo.

It seems that anti-choice activists really have their sights set on women of color and their choices about their own bodies. But do they really have the women's and children's of color best interests in mind?

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