Category: Music
Courtney Love Against the Riot Grrrls: An Indelible Moment In Not Pandering to Requisite “Female Solidarity”
Over the decades, perhaps no feminist has gotten as much heat for being an antagonistic “trainwreck” (the go-to term people like to use to discredit [Read More…]
“Throw It Back” Video & Subsequent VMAs Performance Show and Tell Why Missy Elliott Is Still Inimitable
There was a moment when the world of post-00s hip hop felt particularly dark in its decided voidness. It happened around 2005, when Missy Elliott [Read More…]
FKA Twigs Is Probably More Feminist Than Simone De Beauvoir For Debunking the Tragedian Myth of the Stripper
The notion of the stripper as slut (ergo “fallen woman”) has long been the well-established male narrative regarding the (often, believe it or not, underpaid) [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Goes (“Unintentionally”) Black Mirror for “Lover” Video
For anyone still haunted by the Christmas special of Black Mirror that aired in 2014 called “White Christmas,” Taylor Swift’s latest video for the title [Read More…]
There’s A Fighter in Every Lover, Taylor Swift Suggests
It took Taylor Swift a long time to find her voice without tiptoeing around a need to be politically correct or maintain an air of [Read More…]
The New York/California Schizo: Miss Lana Del Rey in “Fuck It I Love You” & “The Greatest”
For a long time, it seemed as though, like all of us (or at least those with any creative sensibility), Lana Del Rey was trying [Read More…]
“Cross You Out” Is Charli XCX’s Declaration of Independence (Dependent On Backing Vocals From Sky Ferreira)
Although it feels as though Charli XCX has never been very far away in the years since the release of her second album, Sucker, in [Read More…]
Madonna’s 61 Most Significant Live Performances
Madonna has performed well over sixty-one times in her awe-inspiring career as the lone wolf of bona fide iconoclasm in pop. Yet there are some [Read More…]
Pet Shop Boys Paint the Portrait of Billie Trix in Musik
The thirst for world domination via musical stardom starts from an early age, and usually stems from a lack of love where one is supposed [Read More…]
Can We Get A Bechdel Test For Pop Songs?: Katy Perry Takes A Lyrical Page From “Ex”-Nemesis Taylor Swift’s Playbook on “Small Talk”
Perhaps there ought to be a separate definition for the Bechdel test when it comes to the pop song, for it appears practically impossible for [Read More…]
