We should be taking white audiences to task for seeking to divorce Black artists from their race instead of critiquing artists like Lizzo and Whitney for their contributions to pop. When Prince died April 21, 2016, many a music fan was completely caught off guard. Tributes flooded any and every social media platform. The Eiffel...
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Finding Strength in Prince’s Unlikely Mortality
He sneered at social convention, and celebrated sexuality while sporting platform heels and a face beat to the gawds. Prince Rogers Nelson was supposed to turn 59 years old today. Birthdays didn’t mean much to the genre and gender-bending musician though. In a 1999 interview, he told Dutch TV host Ivo Niehe, “I don’t celebrate...
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Your Romphim Jokes Are Perpetuating Gender Norms
The popularity of Romphim suggests that it’s time we moved beyond limiting, boring ideas about clothing and gender. When someone first showed me the Romphim — a romper for men — my first thought was “yeah, of course.” This is, perhaps, because I am fascinated by the ’70s, where jumpsuits of all types clinging to your...
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Drug Abuse Isn’t Killing People — The Stigma of Mental Health Is.
2016 has been rough. But let’s not get back into the habit of disconnecting drug abuse and addiction from mental health issues. A writer named Judy Ann recently penned a piece for Medium intersecting drug abuse, addiction and the frequent deaths of our most beloved, iconic celebrities. She contends that these two issues are the missing link...
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Green Day Gets Political, and Other Highlights of the 2016 American Music Awards
The American Music Awards mostly played by the rules this year, but some artists took the opportunity to express their displeasure with the current political atmosphere. Thank God. This might have been really boring if someone hadn’t! Bruno Mars kicked off the show with his signature throwback sound in “24K Magic,” complete with track suit...
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Prince Manager, Lawyer Appointed to Manage Musician’s Unreleased Vaults of Music
If you are a Prince fan, you could probably use a bit of good news after this rough year. Would news of vaults of music do it for you? The 57-year-old musician still had plenty of music up his sleeve when he died far too soon in April. Two men were chosen to manage Prince’s assets and estate: veteran music industry...