Archive for May, 2007
links for 2007-05-31
In Defense of Hip-Hop [AlterNet]
Don Imus used hip-hop to scapegoat his racist comment. But before blaming everything on one kind of music, we need to analyze all of pop culture and media representation overall.
New Jack Comeback [Village Voice]
Can a series of six-minute web films revive Barry Michael Cooper’s storied career?
End Run [Village Voice]
How a few [...]
links for 2007-05-24
A ‘Ho’ By Any Other Color: The History and Economics of Black Female Sexual Exploitation [AlterNet]
While white women’s sexuality is celebrated in movies and magazines, Black women acting out the same behavior are relegated to the ranks of whoredom.
Hip-Hop’s (Still) Invisible Women [AlterNet]
The recent Don Imus affair brought to light that black women within hip-hop [...]
links for 2007-05-16
Pelosi’s New Iraq Supplemental Is Outright Colonial Robbery [AlterNet]
The Democrats’ endorsement of this crude neocolonial exploitation plan makes them accomplices in the occupation, and further legitimizes the insurgency.
The National’s Anthems [Village Voice]
If Springsteen is right, the glory days for Brooklyn’s best rock band may lie just ahead
HBO’s Next Big Wave [Newsweek]
The network’s visionary leader is [...]
links for 2007-05-09
Hip Hop Profanity, Misogyny and Violence: Blame the Manufacturer [AlterNet]
Corporations have been usurping and reshaping Black mass culture for decades — hip hop is just the latest product line.
Feminism in the Era of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ [AlterNet]
Everyone these days wants to hear how young women have lost their way, especially if the author can blame [...]
links for 2007-05-02
Growing a Rose in a Concrete Garden [AlterNet]
It’s annoying that whenever hip hop is criticized, the worst examples are held up for ridicule. Talking about pop gangsta rap as if it were synonymous with “black hip hop” is like talking about Kenny G as if he were representative of all jazz.
Stop Getting Things Done [AlterNet]
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