What a process to sit down and choose quotes from an entire semester. Each quote, except the last four, come from different readings. I followed a theme of sexism (for the most part) because this course showed me the rampant amount that exists within the hip hop community. The last four all come from the… Continue reading
There was a whole lot going on in these three episodes. A whole lot of sexist and misogynistic behaviors from a lot of the cis men, especially Mylene’s dad and Roy. Sexism, according to the reading, is the “practice of domination of women” (Rose, 151) which is exactly what both men are doing in two… Continue reading
ELLIOT: I wanted to include pronouns, transphobia, and a successful trans artist in my portion and be able to talk about it within a few minutes. I chose Angel Haze to cover pronouns because they use the pronouns they/them/theirs and have not been respected across social media and news articles. I chose Cardi B to… Continue reading
The Get Down, loaded with accurate references and very historically correct, cancelled by Netflix. I watched this show when it originally came out and was devastated when Netflix decided to cancel it. I was excited to see it on the syllabus and I was able to watch it from a very different (and more understanding)… Continue reading
Hip Hop is full of misogyny and feminism was always seen as the “white women thing” and obviously racist. The two challenge one another in some ways: Hip Hop challenges feminism to focus on things that weren’t part of the original feminist movement including but not limited to black women and the hatred of them;… Continue reading
I feel like I kind of knew what to expect going into this section because of where I lived the majority of my life and the people I grew up around. Some of my friends in high school were graffiti artists and wanna be rappers (mostly cis females, but some cis males). There’s this look… Continue reading
I think it’s safe to say I was overwhelmed with an influx of information regarding the history of hip hop. I already knew about the idea of hip hop being very male dominated, but really enjoyed going a little bit more in depth about it. I’m excited to get into the deconstructing gender and sexuality… Continue reading
What I took away from the reading was specific of page 23. Space is taken up by people of different backgrounds and sometimes we have to co-inhabit those spaces regardless of background or where we come from. Our background tends to determine where we fit into society and how we feel having a certain claim… Continue reading
