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This episode focuses on female rappers, body size, and hip-hop fandoms. Interviewees consider how artist Megan Thee Stallion’s music promotes ideas about femininity and body size and how the “Hotties” fandom has responded to these messages.
Check out host Naomi Wilson, a graduate student in UWM’s Media Studies Program and Ronald E. McNair scholar, as she leads a discussion on hip-hop culture!
References:
Gomez, Jade. “How Megan Thee Stallion Earned Her Confidence.” Rolling Stone, March 18, 2019. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/megan-thee-stallion-freestyle-808378/.
Stallion, Megan Thee, “Girls in the Hood [Lyric Video],” YouTube video, 2:45, June 25, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Cj7Esqr0c.
Stallion, Megan Thee, “Body [Official Video],” YouTube video, 2:53, November 19, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PBYGu4Az8s.