With The Band (Patreon)

In the second part of their rockstar saga, the girlies discuss the unsung heroes of rock’s orbit — the Black musicians of Soul, the groupies who surrounded the stars, and the grrrls who refused to stand for the bullshit. Digressions include the funeral of unenthusiastic Binchtopia ad reads, not falling for the misogynistic hate campaign against Sophie Turner, and some mailbox moments that seem to be straight out of r/ambien.

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Indexing of Musical Genres: An Epistemological Perspective by Knut Tore Abrahamsen

Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination by Jack Hamilton

The ‘whitewashing’ of Black music: A dark chapter in rock history by Chris Jancelewicz

Pop Stars Aren’t Popping Like They Used To – Do Labels Have a Plan? By Elias Leight

Why Aren’t More Popstars Being Born? By Chris Eggertsen

A Very Black History of Punk Music

Riot Grrrl: Revolutions from within by Jessica Rosenberg and Gitana Garofalo

Riot Grrrl Manifesto

I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

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