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Distinctive Footprint: Women Ran Rap in 2020
The Grammy nominations failed to acknowledge the most dynamic force in hip hop this year: women.
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With “WAP,” Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Honor Women’s Pleasure
“WAP” is a reclamation.
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Cultural Disruptors: City Girls Flip Misguided Stereotypes into Their Superpower
City on Lock is their ethos at its finest—taking the stereotypes stacked against them as bold, Black women who demand good sex and long money, and flipping them into their super power.
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Petty, Egotistical Barbs Overshadow J. Cole’s Important Message
Holding people, including Black celebrities accountable for their inaction or misguided action, isn’t an attack or an attempt to create undue separation between Black men and Black women.
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Greater Expectations: Through Music, Dua Saleh Nurtures Personal and Political Identity
“My brain was manufacturing new language because I was refusing to be seen as a woman.”
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New Rules: Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Confidence is Super Infectious on “Fever”
“Fever” is a state of the union address for Megan’s “Hottie” nation.
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BitchTapes: 17 Artists You Should Listen to this Summer
Celebrating musicians who are making excellent art on their own terms.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Cool Girls
Why are the cool girls of Instagram flooding the Southwest?
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Brooklyn Personified: Young M.A Tells “Herstory”
Despite her controversial themes, Young M.A is a reverb of the cipher, a new rung of New York’s hip-hop greats.
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The Beat Got Thiccer: “Feminasty” Taunts and Flaunts Self Love
Miss Eaves sneezed on the beat and the beat got thiccer.
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