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Click This Link!!!! A lot of what I learned throughout the course revolved around hip hop and feminism and then their baby: hip hop feminism. But when going through the readings, it was almost as if the history of hip hop and hip hop feminism was like an endless timeline. Many of the quotes I… Continue reading
Gabby: While Doja Cat is probably an icon, when it comes to her being a supporter of all female rappers, like we saw in the last group’s presentation, she still is one of those rappers who people don’t know much about. My slides focus on who she actually is and what her contributions to changing… Continue reading
The collection of quotes I created were aimed towards statements that empower hip hop culture, including feminism, clarity about sexism, community, racial equality and inequality within hip hop culture. This course has taught me a lot about feminism both in relation to hip hop and on its own. Much of the readings we were assigned… Continue reading
Throughout the semester we read several pieces that truly resonated with me and gave me a rich insight on how women have started to progress in terms of hip-hop feminism. I chose these 10 quotes because I felt that they spoke the truth about how sexism in general has become normalized over generations, and in… Continue reading
^Click here for the Quotes^ I chose these quotes because they are really important to me. Throughout this class I felt like these were important because I am an Art Major and the graffiti art always interested me. The way the graffiti artist would always create such beautiful works always had my interest. These… Continue reading
I chose these quotes because I felt that they either spoke a truth, provided an important perspective, or resonated with me personally. Growing up in the south Bronx I was raised on Hip Hop and so a lot of these readings felt personally relevant and made me reflect on how I have been influenced by… Continue reading
These specific quotes that I have curated represent many of my own ideas, opinions, and interests I have discovered and that I’ve had before and after taking this course. I derived all of these quotes throughout the semester and through reading whether that was from being inspired by them in class lecture, discussion, or reading… Continue reading
Throughout this course I’ve been interested in the liminal space of questions that cannot be answered easily – questions that involve taking a both/and perspective, expanding preconceived notions, and looking beyond the surface. I am also forever a student of connection and relationship. These quotes demonstrate my curiosity in the realm of indigenous feminisms and… Continue reading
Asia Rising was really intriguing for anyone who is interested in Hip Hop outside of the United States. There were a couple of things that really stood out to me: Hip Hop means something very different for different people who become rappers in Asia, that isn’t completely unlike here. Some rappers, like Vietnamese MC Suboi… Continue reading
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip Hop was both so much fun and also at times difficult to watch. The documentary centered on the history of female MC’s in hip hop, starting from its inception to the time the film was released; this history is told through the legends themselves, like… Continue reading
