Full disclosure: I am a full-blown, perverse, emotional and sometimes physical masochist. To be honest, I – and Freud - think masochism is actually an aspect of all of our psyches and sexualities. Maybe to a greater or lesser degree depending on the person, but on some level or another we can all relate to the [...]
Archive for the ‘Rihanna’ Category
In Defence Of… Masochism
Posted: February 15, 2012 in Feminism, Freud, Gender Violence, Mark Simpson, Masculinities, Rihanna, UncategorizedTags: Chris Brown, Freud, Gender violence, Mark Simpson, masochism, Rihanna
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The new single and video from Rihanna, Man Down, has caused the usual shitstorm, especially in the feminist blogosphere. I am just letting the music and images sink in, at the moment. Here it is. Make your own minds up! Man Down.
Rude Boy/Rude Girl #5
Posted: August 11, 2010 in Eminem, Gender Violence, RihannaTags: Eminem, Gender violence, Rihanna
What do heterosexual ‘normal’ relationships and family structures look like? Do they look like this? Or do they look like this? And are we allowed to talk about how one becomes the other, quite often, when the cameras stop rolling, the music stops playing and the doors are closed? I remember waking up frightened next [...]
The Official Video Promo to Love The Way You Lie. I can feel the heat as the fans are burning it onto their various devices as I type! And here, some fans and non-fans begin to discuss a variety of interpretations of the meanings created by this song, its video and its audiences: Guardian online
I posted the last piece in haste. It was one of those things that was causing me anxiety by not being out there, out of my head and on the page. Once it was, I just wanted to delete it and hide under a rock. The personal context of my interest in Eminem and Riahnna [...]
Love The Way You Lie is the new single by Eminem, featuring Rihanna. It hasn’t been released yet, so there is no official video. But the pair have performed it live and the fans are already busily uploading and downloading recordings of two of their favourite Rap/R and B artists, singing together on stage. And [...]
Rude Boy is the new single and video by Rhianna. Apparently it is causing a bit of a stir in the media and with the ’parents’. I don’t know what all the fuss is about do you? Aside from the fact Rhianna is a gorgeous, strong (not white) solo artist, she sings about sex that [...]
