A lot of times people in more underground, independent music worlds allow themselves to ignore or deny the fact that rampant sexism exists in our supposedly more open-minded and inclusive scenes. The truth, though, is that the social problems that exist in mainstream music and entertainment are just magnified reflections of what is happening in our own communities. | | | | | The path to a female victory. (Courtesy of ABC) | | | | |  | “A lot of times people in more underground, independent music worlds allow themselves to ignore or deny the fact that rampant sexism exists in our supposedly more open-minded and inclusive scenes. The truth, though, is that the social problems that exist in mainstream music and entertainment are just magnified reflections of what is happening in our own communities.”
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| | rantnrave:// A theme that emerged in the pieces of music writing published on election day: Nasty women get s*** done. From AMELIA ABRAHAM’s search for a feminist utopia at ICELAND AIRWAVES to JESSICA BOUDREAUX of SUMMER CANNIBALS giving the middle finger to the idea of girl vs. girl in music to the surprised confession of an anonymous junior publicist in REFINERY29 that a co-worker would warn her not to hang out with certain musicans after hours to the body politics of dance for black women as explored by SHARINE TAYLOR. Did we make history yet?... If you really need to get your mind on something else, I urge you to find your zen in the full EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY set from PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL PARIS. If that can't soothe your savaged soul, nothing will... Finally, music video GIFs come to VEVO and the timing on that is just perfect. I've got a lot of stills of a baseball bat in "HOLD UP" to send the haters. | | | - Courtney E. Smith, guest curator |
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 | Noisey |
| When I heard the recent news that Iceland is some kind of feminist utopia, named by the World Economic Forum as "the best place in the world to be a woman", I knew I had to go there and see for myself. | | |
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 | Refinery29 |
| I have my weekday feelings and my weekend feelings. My weekday self cries after work pretty much every day. | | |
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 | The Talkhouse |
| I mean catfights, though -- what’s not to love? Two hot, successful women tearing each other down? Petty, shallow disagreements over shared exes or lipstick or…something? | | |
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 | SPIN |
| "Westworld" and "Black Mirror" both feature the band's songs. But the usage feels emotionally exploitative, as well as trite. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| “What the creative community in Europe would like is for the U.S. government to close the loophole in current copyright law,” says IMRO chief executive Victor Finn. | | |
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 | Longreads |
| A century-defining album’s improbable genesis. | | |
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 | Orlando Sentinel |
| The city of Orlando has reached a deal to buy the Pulse nightclub for $2.25 million and plans to eventually transform the site of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history into a memorial. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Britain’s leading pop music prize will add more women and minorities as judges after this year’s awards led to a backlash, and a BritsSoWhite hashtag. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| The post-rock band deliver an hour-long performance at the Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris. | | |
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| Noisey |
| For Black women, dance is transitioning into a place where barriers can be broken. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| From work on "Selma" to "13th" to his brand-new album "Black America Again," the rapper's evolved to more focused activism. | | |
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 | BBC Panorama |
| The producer on sound, composition, and why he destroyed a string quartet for BBC Radio 3. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| What will a European 'use it or lose it' copyright law mean for fans of Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Beatles and many others? | | |
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| Pitchfork |
| Since ceasing touring behind Pure Heroine in late 2014, Lorde has mostly laid low. Now that she’s shared an update on her sophomore LP, let’s look at what she’s been up to lately. | | |
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| Billboard |
| The video platform has announced an easy-to-use tool in its web player for making and sharing those lovable little video clips. | | |
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