Rihanna’s Unapologetic “Shadow” Feminism, pt. 1
“…mistaking anti-social surrealism for social realism” (Kodwo Eshun, More Brilliant Than The Sun). People keep accusing Rihanna of this, that, and the other, when really she’s doing us such a favor that the least we could do is maybe buy…
Thoughts on SPEP 2012 Part 2
Thoughts on SPEP 2012 Part 2 This post is about the comments and discussion about my paper “I’ve Lost Control: Negative Affect, Feminism, and Race.” You can find links to the paper and the media I discuss in it here….
More on Ke$ha
In case you missed it, Simon Reynolds wrote a great article about Ke$ha’s new album over in Sunday’s NYTimes, and it quotes yrs truly on a few points. Simon and I had a good conversation about Ke$ha’s work, especially as…
A Few Unfinished Thoughts On Usher’s “Numb”
I was originally going to include this as part of an article I’m working for the premier issue of a really awesome Australian journal called Creature. And by really awesome, I mean it’s going to include stuff by Nina Power…
Thoughts on SPEP 2012 Part 1
Such a good conference—many great panels, and I even liked Rochester…the brutalism, the grittiness, the downtown-Cincinnati-circa-1985 (ie pre-gentrification) feel. (Maybe I was the only person who was disappointed SPEP conflicted with MusicCon (AMS/SMT)?) I want to take some time to…
My SPEP 2012 Paper
Today at 4 I’m giving a talk at SPEP. It’s titled “I’ve Lost Control: Negative Affect, Feminism, and Race.” Kathryn Gines from PSU has some great questions and commentary, too. Here‘s a link to a copy of the paper. Here…
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