Thursday, May 7, 2015
Real-Talk Recommendations 5/7/15
Time for this week's Real-Talk Recommendations y'all!
I'm mixing up the format a bit - thank you for bearing with me, I'm still trying to figure out all these blog shenanigans (Side Note: She-Nanigans would be an awesome name for a girl-band). Anyways, I am going to move towards more general recommendations instead of rigid categories, which go against my post-structuralist sensibilities. Let's get started!
#TBT recommendation: Braceface
Remember this show???? At first recollection, I was sure I would re-watch it and be vaguely annoyed at a slim, white, privileged character embodying stereotypes about teenage girls. WRONG. While she does talk about shopping, her love interest etc. she also deals with her parents' divorce, her sexuality and expectations of young women. The episode about her getting her period and the one about her health class baby-simulator (links below) were particularly amazing. Not only did they deal frankly and funnily with periods and getting pregnant, but also, in an impressively meta way, about how these things are represented in media and society.
Some choice quotations:
Sharon's mom on parenting: "Everyone needs help sometimes, Sharon. That's life." Hold. Back. Tears.
Sharon (14 years old) on being a mom: "Maybe I'll just have pets..."
Sharon's crush on his sisters and their periods: "Violet just listens to Sarah Mclachlan and cries a lot." PREACH. Ammirite ladies.....?
Tumblr Recommendation: Brute Reason
As the title of the blog suggests, it is not for the faint of heart. This tumblr blog is great for any intersectionally (it's a word in my world) interested activist. It covers everything from the prison industry and feminism to war and mental illness. The blog is a collection of the blogger's thoughts and snippets from outside articles, studies, speeches etc. That makes it a great resource to find articles and activists about the issues you care about while also introducing you to new issues, perspectives and thoughts. In fact, the mix of the blogger's voice and all the other voices, makes it a very interesting and elegant platform for raising these issues. The brute is there for a reason - I found some of the posts a bit triggering so please, please, please be careful when you read this that you are in a good mental, emotional space to do so! These issues are important, but so is your well-being!
Song Recommendations
"Gun in my Hand" - Dorothy --- husky, country, angry lady
"Digital Witness" - St. Vincent --- mechanical-pop, media critique (watch!)
"She" - Laura Mvula --- ethereal, light synth, wistful (watch!)
"Ho Hey" - Cover by Lennon and Maisy --- cute sisters singing a lovely song
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