30 Day Song Challenge, Day 4: A Song That Makes You Sad

This was a hard one. I think I listen for sound and for aesthetics, but really never for emotion per se. This song sounds melancholy, but I wouldn’t say it makes me sad. I actually like it a lot. Peter Murphy,…

Is the Music Genome Project…Racist?

There are a lot of reasons to headdesk over this 538 video about Pandora’s Music Genome Project and its application to music therapy. There’s the video itself: some people in my twitter TL found its cinematography too precious. There’s the…

Resilience & Melancholy

I have a new book out with Zer0, Resilience & Melancholy: pop music, feminism, neoliberalism. Here’s the blurb: When most people think that “little girls should be seen and not heard,” a noisy, riotous scream can be revolutionary. But that’s…

Gendered Voices & Social Harmony–My New Post at SoundingOut!

I’m extremely excited to be part of Liana M. Silva’s “Gender & Voice” series over at SoundingOut!. My piece went up today, and you can find it here. Though it’s focused on the role of “loud” feminist voices in post-feminist…

Summer 2015 Online Course: Gender, Aesthetics, & Media

Summer 2015 Online Course: Gender, Aesthetics, & Media

This summer (May-June 2015) I’m teaching a fully course on Gender, Aesthetics, & Media. It’s listed at the 4000/5000 level, which means it’s open to both upper-level undergraduates (4000) and graduate students (5000). Because the course is fully online, any student…