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Missing The Beatles
Today, While My Guitar Gently Weeps came on as I shuffled music while walking to class, and for the first…
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Why I’m Still Thinking About Tracy Chapman’s Grammy Performance: A Deep Dive into her Career, Legacy, and Timeless Message
The internet’s instant reconnection with the ubiquitous memory of Chapman communicates her timeless appeal and how we can still learn…
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The Musical Shift from Sound to Poetic Lyricism: A Rise in Feminine Qualities
This new wave of “girl music” reimagines “feminine rage” as a slow burn of emotion. It features introspective emotive songs…
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Respectability Politics in the Music Industry
The music sphere is so much more than the sparkles and glamour that it attempts to convey in the media.…
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Stigma Around Female Rappers
The stigma surrounding women in the music industry, particularly rap, is an indication of broader and extremely pervasive institutional sexism…While…
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FEM FINDS: Media Must-Haves curated by FEM Members ~ February & March 2021
FEM FINDS, FEM’s story series via FEM’s Instagram, gives a glimpse into the media FEM Members are consuming and loving…
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FEM FINDS: Media Must-Haves curated by FEM Members ~ November 2020
FEM FINDS, FEM’s story series via FEM’s Instagram, gives a glimpse into the media FEM Members are consuming and loving…
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Quarantined but Dancing: All My Favorite Songs While the World Is Closed
These are not songs to mourn these times but to get both groovy and cozy.
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A (Brief) Alternative History of Punk
Punk is about being fed up, yes, but it’s also about creating spaces for marginalized communities to have their voices…
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Not Everything is Love: Why We Need to Kill the “Ride or Die” Chick
America is a motherfucka to Black women just as much as it is to Black men. Perhaps even more so…
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