Tagged: Music

July 1st, 2009

Brand New Key by Melanie

This song could be on repeat all day and I wouldn’t mind. The video is a a 8mm film project I found on YouTube (via Alec).

June 6th, 2009

Feminism and Girl Punk

Satan Mary's College

Saint Mary's College - 2003 - Friends

I’m not skilled at talking about feminism and had to come to terms with it the hard, crash into the authorities way in college. After two years at a the same Catholic women’s school my mother attended, I found it much more interesting to try and understand stories about gender than delve into a the feminist consciousness.

Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods–My Mother’s, My Father’s, and Mine is one memoir, written by Noelle Howey, about a relationship between a daughter and her dad: transgendered, lesbian, and father. I already understood that process of coming to terms with being an individual without moving into a feminist world. The story is profound, honest, and human.

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February 12th, 2009

Review: The Fear by Lily Allen

The second track on Lily Allen’s “It’s not me. It’s you.” is her newest single, “The Fear.” There are plenty of good reviews out there already, so I’ll spare the commentary and go straight the video. Yesterday, I ran through Lily’s Generation RX statement in Everyone’s At It, the first track on the record. In this track, Lily talks about not being skinny, money and greed, and not people think her music is now that she’s famous. Let’s take a look back.

Lily Allen, “The Fear” music video:

I like the video, and the song alot. But where’s the honest, sinking into a downward spiral, Lily songs about self-loathing but weren’t emo because they also mentioned mundane stuff like watching the BBC’s “Antiques in the Attic?” Ah, here:

Old Lily Allen, “Cheryl Tweedy”:

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