HIP HOP IMAGES WOMEN AND EXPLOITATION

LATELY THERE'S BEEN A GREATER DEGREE OF TALK OR ATTACK ON HIPHOP MUSIC AND THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN.FILMMAKER IL MILLIONE SAT DOWN WITH PROFESSOR TRICIA ROSE, WHO ALSO IS THE AUTHOR OF 'BLACK NOISE'TO
GET HER VIEWPOINT.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• HIP
• HOP
• IMAGES
• WOMEN
• EXPLOITATION
• DISCUSSION
• DOCUMENTARY
• FILMMAKER
• KULTURE
• ILMILLIONEI

[cordovalove]

Feminism is not ruining men. Let's just get that straight. How is women claiming their - long overdue - equality, something that has been denied them for years - and to some extent still is. Male -dominated hip-hop has a bizarre love/hate relationship with sexually attractive women. On the one hand, they want to see the 'booty'. And yet paradoxically, complying with what is demanded of them makes woman whores/sluts. And of course, any woman who complains is a bitch....

[SoundsOfHarmony]

That's Dr. Rose's point, that we need to culturally express more than the reality we see today. Vision has to be expressed as well, we have to express where we want to go. The hip hop that is under the critical lens, is the commercial gansta hip hop that corporations produce and mold into the images they want. Do these images represent us as black people, or should we be creating our own images of representation and bring them forth in our cultural expression?

[bornjust2003]

Most of the porn magazines, feature young white women. Most of the women on internet porn, young white women, Most of the women in beastiality porn, young white women, Most of the women in girls gone wild videos, young white women, most of the women in rock video's, young white women, Most of the women in Las Vegas legal prostitution, young white women. Rap or Hip Hop "like everything else" is only the reflection of the larger society where white men exploit white woman.

[TheJackiemickie]

This bitch and hoe is liberal commie who does not believe in freedom of speech she is nazi who wants to tell woman what to do she hate freedom. She is a facist and thank God bitch you arent in the videos.

[OnlyChild28]

I'm trying to change it threw my music, u should make a new video showing how sum rap music is positive....and I'm leading the way...

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Soundclick search Only Child

[fcgfgcfg]

I am a big fan of MIA I think she is one of the few women artists who clearly give these douches some competition. I love her fashion, her individuality, sadly she is not mainstream :(

[dkupke]

I understand the concerns about the objectification of women-I am a red blooded male and sometimes it is just too much even for my taste. But the women in the media today are not quite the helpless victims they are argued to be.  I saw an audition for a lingerie ad in NYC once where hundreds of women tried out-no one twisted their arms to do it. When women stop agreeing to display themselves that way, society will change. Nuff said.

[Tsugua21]

This women is a perfect example of educated doesn't mean smart and people with liberal art degrees are really stupid.

[Tsugua21]

@cordovalove The only part of your dumbass comment that was right was "any women who complains is a bitch". Nobody put a gun to these women heads, they made the choice to be in the video. Oh, I forgot you can't hold a black woman accountable. And Forcing companies to hire incompetent women is not equality, you just keep good men out of work and force the other men in the company to work harder and pick up the slack for the sorry ass women who do more complaining than work.

[auryn001]

I'm reading her book, "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America", as well as a lot of other books and research material regarding Hip Hop and Black culture. She gives some great incite that is shared with others, male and female. Of course, this topic is only ONE aspect of hip hop and is not new to American culture (look up the Blues term "hokum"). Blatant sexism in hip hop is an example of an underlying problem that must be addressed.

[SandrineSoprano]

@jennyisabout Oh dear. So sad

[SandrineSoprano]

@cordovalove Totally well put.