Emily’s Quote Collection The biggest influence that these quotes had on me was that I felt these quotes best shows not only the influences that maintain the gendered roles reinforced within hip-hop, but also how it has encouraged women to be aware of their initial space within hip-hop and how to redefine and push for… Continue reading →
We see Mylene, as an up and coming disco diva, being swayed to leave her virginous, good girl image and have more of a sex appeal with her image and performance to make it big in the music industry. Shaolin, purposely trying to get under her skin, tells her she’ll never make it big because… Continue reading →
The Get Down has captured what performing with different platforms within hip hop was all about. It emphasizes the importance of creation meaning solidarity and the fight for a presence to be known and a voice to be heard. Similar to the readings Cultivating Affective Digital Networks and Re-Membering Herstory and the Transephemeral Performative, The… Continue reading →
Joan Morgan articulates well the struggle with intersecting feminism with hip hop. The feminist movement has always been one that has catered to the needs and the issues of white women and can ignore and neglect race, in this case being black women. It is easy for a white feminist movement to preach liberation from… Continue reading →
The inclusion of women within the hypermasculinized space of Hip Hop has become apparent. This is because toxic masculine behavior is deeply rooted in hip hop, and is still performed in current hip hop culture. It has been a platform for male performers to prove themselves as men, usually at the expense of women. There’s… Continue reading →
At first I was never truly drawn to hip hop as a music genre because growing up I never truly understood the appeal in the music or the performance. However, as I’ve done readings for this class, I’ve come to realize that hip hop never was for me to understand. I don’t mean this in… Continue reading →
