Tag Archives: pop music
90swomen G-Chat Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is the perfect pop star. Is she too normative, or is she the savvier Alanis Morissette? Continue reading
Lilith Fair, Menstruation Music, and how Riot Grrrl Inspires Gen Y
Ada, I wanted to post a few of my favorite links to stories and posts about Marisa’s book on the 90s, feminism, and music. This is partly because Girl Power is about many of the issues we talk about here; … Continue reading
Is Beyonce reading our blog?
Um, Ada, I can’t believe what I just saw. I was watching her, thinking about how amazing she looked, and how cool it is that she chose to sing “If I Were A Boy”—super-interesting feminist song!—when she launched into Alanis … Continue reading
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Is “Tik Tok” the feminist party anthem of 2010?
Ada, MMM-Bop is totally on my ipod! So is Party in the USA, which I saw Miley perform live. She was so bad. But so fun! As you note, so were a lot of performers in the 90s. Like Vanilla … Continue reading
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Alanis Morissette Vs. Taylor Swift Smackdown
Top Songs of the 90s and Today. Continue reading
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this is probably the best book ever
A week or so ago, when Joshua Clover requested that Marisa and I sing backup to Roxette at the reading-slash-karaoke for his book “1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This to Sing About,” we refused. Because we don’t do karaoke and … Continue reading
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