Tag Archives: Dance

Killing Us Softly: A Hip-Hop Feminist’s Quest for Love and Respect within Hip-Hop Culture

Do you really know what you’re singing when the latest Lil’ Wayne or Kanye West song comes onto the radio? While analyzing the lyrics of some popular hip-hop songs of today, Daysha Edewi propose that women begin to take ownership over their music before the music owns them.

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Portrait of a Dance

Professor Gail Abrams has taught in the Scripps College Dance Department for 23 years. She is cur­rently team-teaching a CORE II class called “The Embodied Self: Feminist Theories of Body, Yoga, and Dance” with Professor Leigh Gilmore. The class explores expression through body movement in yoga and dance, as well as the role of gender […]

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