PLAYED: How Music Orchestrates Thick Violence Against Black Girls on the Internet
Photo Credit: ©2021 Jamey Stillings, jameystillings.com Did you know that YouTube kickstarted its video-sharing platform in 2005 by exploiting the interest-driven activities of girls and doxxing the controversial Nipplegate video? Dr. Kyra Gaunt (University at Albany, SUNY) reveals the obscured musical contributions of Black girls who twerk while also exposing how music perpetuates patriarchal violence. […]