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Tuning In: Nicki Minaj
Today I focus on Nicki Minaj, a female rapper who is part of Lil Wayne's Young Money crew and has recently gone solo She's been on my radar for some time. Jonah Weiner recently wrote a Slate column...
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Saturday Night Live's"Bride of Blackenstein" skit did black women no favors. In this blaxploitation-like spoof of The Bride of Frankenstein, which aired Jan. 30, we learn that even a black chick...
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RetroPop: Why Edna St. Vincent Millay Would Love “Starships” by Nicki Minaj
Welcome again to RetroPop, the Top 40-centric series where I invite you to help me compare the messages of lady-performed Billboard hits with themes from the work of great female artists of the...
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RetroPop: Nicki Minaj's Obama-Noted Political Satire and the "Little Boxes"...
Hi there and welcome again to RetroPop! The guest blog in which I attempt get funky whilst elevating the dignity of current Top 40 radio hits by pairing them with similarly-themed works of art from...
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RetroPop: (Completely Non-Violent, Totally Symbolic) Mariah Carey Cage Match
Hello there and welcome to another week of RetroPop! For those not yet hip to RP's ways, I invite you to enjoy and comment on this guest blog in which I rock a little compare/contrast action between...
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Songs in the Key of Choice: Pop Music and Reproductive Justice
One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, yet in pop culture accurate portrayals of real people’s stories are rare. In this special interview, two reproductive justice advocates listen...
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Nicki Minaj's Unapologetic Sexuality is Not a Crisis
In her own way, Nicki Minaj broke the Internet. Last week, her video for “Anaconda” broke a record with 19.6 million views within a 24-hour period (besting Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball”). A month...
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Nicki Minaj Shows the Importance of Fighting Abortion Stigma
Nicki Minaj recently told Rolling Stone that she is pro-choice. Photo by Christopher Macsurak.There is danger in a single story, as award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie would say. In order to...
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