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History through music - Coggle Diagram
History through music
How did BK affect or shape contemporary American society?
Momentum for later movements
songs used in me too movement
more radical predecessor of spice girls; girl power motif
BK's music had further reach than KH's poetry
Bought intersectionality further into the mainstream
Today, defined on government websites, dictionary, taught in schools
further reach than books; more easily accessible, appeals to younger people
Call to action for third wave
"You DO have rights"
"We're BK and we want revolution/ Girl style now!"
"won't fit your definitions"
Third wave bought about intersectionality, protests that gave solidarity
Normalised feminism more
"(feminism) it's repulsive"
Dirty girls
(1996)
Feminism is now a more dominant view, LDR criticised for anti-feminism; "Let this be clear – I’m not not a feminist"
Criticised celebrity
"If sonic youth thinks you're cool/ does that mean everything?"
Tiktok unfollowing movement
sang about sex workers' vulnerability
More rights for strippers now than '90s; strippers' bill of rights enacted in March 2024
"I can sell my body if I wanna"
Limited impact, sex work is still illegal in the US; no legal protection
How does BK reflect contemporary American society?
reflection of white feminism
Misunderstanding of intersectionality "eat meat, hate blacks"
Acknowledgment of women's oppression
"you profit from the rape lie"
"Betty's got the back of her dress"
"I stopped talking an hour ago"
Internalised misogyny within community
“we’re not gonna walk around with our legs open to all the guys like I know a lot of girls do”
Dirty Girls
(1996)
Pressure of gendered expectations
"she wants me to go to the mall"
"i am the woman I was taught to always be, hungry"
Disdain for Bush politics
"George Bush is a pig"
"you'll work hard/ you'll succeed" (ironic)