Mike wrote: > >My mail in response to two pieces from yesterday's digest #447 (by ><mailto:blondeinthebleachers@;hotmail.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >and <mailto:SMC1254@;aol.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]) was entitled 'slut whore >bimbo' but luckily I read 448 before hitting the send button. And there I >see a post from Yael which said what I was going to say in a much better >way so now I won't bother. Thanks Yael for reminding us that we, as a >group and as individuals, still have a long way to go as far as gender >bias is concerned. MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice were as equally untalented as >Cristina and Madonna but nobody criticised them in terms of their gender. >When are we going to get over this desire to insult people in this way >when we are unhappy with something unrelated to their gender, i.e. their music.
hey - i thought 'ice ice baby' was brilliant! just kidding. i agree with azeem that i don't think madonna is completely without merit... but then again, i was once of those little 10-yr olds with rubber bracelets all the way up my arm in 1985 (though i can proudly say i never had a 'boy toy' belt). and also interesting to think about the race thing re vanilla ice then and eminem now. how is it the same? how is it different? i think, to eminem's credit, he grapples with this issue himself in his music. he seems to me more comfortable talking about race in hip hop than most people seem to be. not that i know a whole lot about hip hop, but folks should read william upski wimsatt's "bomb the suburbs" and "no more prisons" - did i already post that? its about hip hop, unschooling, philanthropy, organizing... by a young white guy from chicago. interesting stuff. ANYway. mike from barcelona - i don't think i said the whore/slut/bimbo thing any better than you would have - i always appreciate your lovely posts for their content and their form, both! peace out, yael PS: anyone wanna offer me a job in boston? ;) NP: linda thompson's new album - SO good, especially "evona darling"
