On this week’s Feminist Frequency Radio, Anita and Ebony chop it up with hip hop artist Open Mike Eagle, who you may remember from one of Anita’s JoCo Cruise interviews. Topics include Mike’s experience at E3 2018, sexism in games and in sports journalism, how professional wrestling has changed, the uncomfortable horror of TV’s The Handmaid’s […]
Category: Music
In this week’s episode, Anita and Ebony are at Kickstarter HQ in Brooklyn recording the podcast in front of a live studio audience! Best of all, they’re joined by special guest, cultural commentator and hip hop DJ Jay Smooth. Ebony leads the trio through a wide-ranging assortment of questions that find them discussing Breaking Bad, Bradley […]
April 25th, 2018
Tagged: Jay Smooth
In this candid conversation, the last of our special JoCo Cruise interviews, Anita talks to hip hop artist Open Mike Eagle about both his evolution as a rapper and the evolution of hip hop as a whole. The two also discuss how our current political reality seeps into the fabric of everyday life, accepting that as […]
April 16th, 2018
Tagged: Open Mike Eagle
Every new year I say to myself, “Self, keep track of the media you love this year so when December rolls around you know exactly what to write about,” and every year, I don’t do it. This year is no different. Trying to come up with some of my favourites of the year often results in […]
December 22nd, 2017
Unfortunately, none of us were here at the Feminist Frequency Global Command Center when the call came in from the amazing rapper and producer S▲MMUS, who was calling to talk to Anita about experiences she has backstage at her own performances, where people often assume she’s someone other than the artist everyone is there to see. […]
September 21st, 2017
Tagged: Feminist Answering Machine
On a recent trip to Stockholm, Anita took a little time to visit the Swedish headquarters of Spotify. Accompany her on this casual jaunt to their colorful and inviting offices, featuring stairs to nowhere, shark ceilings, game rooms, and, of course, music memorabilia. Anita talks with Spotify’s Sara Fritzon about running the video talks and meetups that […]
April 24th, 2017
Tagged: Music
What a daunting task: twelve months, five moments or makings, at least one or two reasons as to why each truly spoke to me. But, here we go and here they are (in no particular order). 1. Lady Dynamite It was one heck of a year for stand-up comedians, was it not? I’m talking about Maria Bamford, […]
December 28th, 2016
Tagged: FemFreq-Fave-Five
You’ve heard them about a bagillion times before, and every December they are played over and over again, yup, it’s the same old Christmas and Holiday songs. But have you ever noticed that some of the lyrics can be just down right creepy? Check out this video for my Top 5 Creepy and/or Sexist Christmas Songs. […]
December 21st, 2011
I really wish I hadn’t seen Kanye West’s leaked music video for his hit song Monster. I was horrified, furious, livid, angry, and sad; I actually didn’t even get through the whole video the first time I saw it. The sexualized, eroticized, fetishized violence against women and sexist and racist stereotypes is nothing other then blatant misogyny and […]
January 31st, 2011
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