*bonk*
*dead*
all my OTPs sittin’ in a tree
HO-MO-SEXU-ALITY
first comes love
then comes marriage
thanks obama
you’re welcome.
(Source: the-family-kenway)
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(Reblogged from queerandpresentdanger)
When I counter this demonization of black males by insisting that gangsta rap does not appear in a cultural vacuum that it is not a product created in isolation within a segregated black world but is rather expressive of the cultural crossing, mixings, and engagement of black youth culture with the values, attitudes, and concerns of the white majority, some folks stop listening.
The sexist, misogynist, patriarchal ways of thinking and behaving that are glorified in gangsta rap are a reflection of the prevailing values in our society, values created and sustained by white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. As the crudest and most brutal expression of sexism misogynistic attitudes tend to be portrayed by the dominant culture as always an expression of male deviance. In reality, they are part of a sexist continuum, necessary for the maintenance of patriarchal social order.
The sexist, misogynist, patriarchal ways of thinking and behaving that are glorified in gangsta rap are a reflection of the prevailing values in our society, values created and sustained by white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. As the crudest and most brutal expression of sexism misogynistic attitudes tend to be portrayed by the dominant culture as always an expression of male deviance. In reality, they are part of a sexist continuum, necessary for the maintenance of patriarchal social order.
bell hooks,”Gangsta Culture - Sexism and Misogyny: Who will take the rap?” (via wretchedoftheearth)
Of course it is also important to remember: a diva is a female version of a hustler.
(Source: brosephstalin.com)
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(Reblogged from nprmusic)
At the same time the very idea of MTV was feeding fears that music was becoming ever more superficial (check out the Mobius strip of Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing,” which both came from the POV of a character dismissive of video stars and had an acclaimed video), MTV Unplugged played a critical role in the development of authenticity policing. The idea that pop stars — entertainers — had to prove themselves in stripped-down formats went hand in hand with the suspicion that they were inauthentic in the first place, an idea that music videos didn’t invent but certainly advanced. (Milli Vanilli released Girl You Know It’s True in 1989, the same year MTV debuted Unplugged.)
NPR’s Linda Holmes via MTV’s Musical Legacy: How ‘Unplugged’ Sold The Radio Star (via nprmusic)
this is going well…
just casually stalked my own tumblr since I made it almost exactly a year ago.
obviously it made me think about how much I’ve changed since then, but mostly it made me think about how much I’ve changed since I started college.
remember how one time I thought having a women’s center was an outdated concept? remember how I thought dan savage was a liberal hero? remember how I thought any girl who wanted to spend time painting her nails or talking about boys was probably stupid? poor misguided past erin. you were a giant dickwad.
What We’re Fighting About When We Fight About Racism
A racist law prohibited non-white immigration into Oregon until the turn of the last century. That law didn’t just keep non-whites out. It also made Oregon into a white flight state, even after the law was abolished. Waves of white people have migrated to Oregon to escape everything from the South after the emancipation of former slaves to “crime” and “urban decay” in 1980s LA.
Reminder that the pacific northwest isn’t quite the lovely liberal haven we’d like it to be - not for everyone.
I mean I guess I knew that some people thought stuff like this but coming across it in my own internet ramblings (which, yes, okay, those internet ramblings involved googling misandry) is just jarring and sad-making.
Except maybe I have this all wrong and this dude just super sucks at understanding song lyrics? And who knows, that might be right because Pink’s You Make Me Sick is on this list and that song is about being attracted to a dude and fucking said dude even though you don’t want to be attracted to him and I just can’t really see how that could ever be construed as misandry except that Pink is like, angry sometimes in the video? Like, the lyrics make it pretty clear that this dude is being creepy/not okay and Pink STILL bangs him (or at least wants to and makes out with him in the video) so really this should be a song of hope for creepy dudes everywhere and not on misandry blacklists.
