Comments on: M.I.A. now a role model? http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: NYC23 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-9203 NYC23 Tue, 03 May 2005 22:40:09 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-9203 <p>I was reading the latest issue of VIBE magazine yesterday, lo and behold, there is a huge pic of MIA on the fifth page (or somewhere in the very beginning of the mag). She is also featured in a pretty well written article about her too. I was pleasantly surprised to see it. Although, the pic of her wasn't the most wholesome, though she was fully clothed. I dunno, something about her mouth made it seem a little 'sexed-up'. Anyone else see it?</p> I was reading the latest issue of VIBE magazine yesterday, lo and behold, there is a huge pic of MIA on the fifth page (or somewhere in the very beginning of the mag). She is also featured in a pretty well written article about her too. I was pleasantly surprised to see it. Although, the pic of her wasn’t the most wholesome, though she was fully clothed. I dunno, something about her mouth made it seem a little ‘sexed-up’. Anyone else see it?

]]> By: Saurav http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-9064 Saurav Mon, 02 May 2005 06:35:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-9064 <blockquote>Innovation is welcome to me (but not in a racinated way, in a discourse that would imply a rigidly stereotyped matrix of social relationships, class, race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, what have you, or in any way that would imply simple oppressor/oppressed dichotomies). In addition, I abase myself in apology for being male, straight and of a majority community in a particular province in India. Please accept these qualifications for any past, current and future posts I may write.* * Your apology acceptance privileges may vary according to the laws of the state in which you reside.</blockquote> <p>:)</p> Innovation is welcome to me (but not in a racinated way, in a discourse that would imply a rigidly stereotyped matrix of social relationships, class, race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, what have you, or in any way that would imply simple oppressor/oppressed dichotomies). In addition, I abase myself in apology for being male, straight and of a majority community in a particular province in India. Please accept these qualifications for any past, current and future posts I may write.* * Your apology acceptance privileges may vary according to the laws of the state in which you reside.

:)

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-9059 Manish Vij Mon, 02 May 2005 03:56:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-9059 <p>'Fannypack are' is correct usage if the author is British, which is unclear.</p> ‘Fannypack are’ is correct usage if the author is British, which is unclear.

]]> By: deepa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-9055 deepa Mon, 02 May 2005 00:45:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-9055 <blockquote>Fannypack are like M.I.A.</blockquote> <p>I have to say this because it's been bugging me: shouldn't it be "IS"? Fannypack IS etc. etc. By analogy, when you talk about the Wu-Tang Clan, it's in the singular.</p> <p>Be advised that I am embarassed by language nerdery, but it's a compulsion.</p> <p>And, I'm with Anna on this one - MIA gets a big thumbs-up...Fannypack - not so much.</p> <p>-D</p> Fannypack are like M.I.A.

I have to say this because it’s been bugging me: shouldn’t it be “IS”? Fannypack IS etc. etc. By analogy, when you talk about the Wu-Tang Clan, it’s in the singular.

Be advised that I am embarassed by language nerdery, but it’s a compulsion.

And, I’m with Anna on this one – MIA gets a big thumbs-up…Fannypack – not so much.

-D

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-9040 Manish Vij Sun, 01 May 2005 22:22:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-9040 <blockquote>Thanks for the permission, Manish :P</blockquote> <p>Innovation is welcome <em>to me</em> (but not in a racinated way, in a discourse that would imply a rigidly stereotyped matrix of social relationships, class, race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, what have you, or in any way that would imply simple oppressor/oppressed dichotomies). In addition, I abase myself in apology for being male, straight and of a majority community in a particular province in India. Please accept these qualifications for any past, current and future posts I may write.<sup>*</sup></p> <p><span class=tiny><sup>*</sup> Your apology acceptance privileges may vary according to the laws of the state in which you reside.</span></p> Thanks for the permission, Manish :P

Innovation is welcome to me (but not in a racinated way, in a discourse that would imply a rigidly stereotyped matrix of social relationships, class, race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, what have you, or in any way that would imply simple oppressor/oppressed dichotomies). In addition, I abase myself in apology for being male, straight and of a majority community in a particular province in India. Please accept these qualifications for any past, current and future posts I may write.*

* Your apology acceptance privileges may vary according to the laws of the state in which you reside.

]]> By: Saurav http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-9037 Saurav Sun, 01 May 2005 22:09:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-9037 <blockquote>Innovation is welcome</blockquote> <p>Thanks for the permission, Manish :P</p> Innovation is welcome

Thanks for the permission, Manish :P

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-9002 Manish Vij Sun, 01 May 2005 07:38:53 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-9002 <blockquote>... she can't dance to save her life.</blockquote> <p>I've seen her videos and I've seen her live. She's actually a pretty good dancer, in a style you're maybe not recognizing.</p> <blockquote>... there's more genre-busting music nowadays...</blockquote> <p>Innovation is welcome, this is how every new genre started.</p> … she can’t dance to save her life.

I’ve seen her videos and I’ve seen her live. She’s actually a pretty good dancer, in a style you’re maybe not recognizing.

… there’s more genre-busting music nowadays…

Innovation is welcome, this is how every new genre started.

]]> By: A N N A http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-8986 A N N A Sun, 01 May 2005 03:37:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-8986 <p>MIA is STILL in my car stereo, she's remained there ever since she arrived in the mail from NPR. for musical magpie me, that speaks volumes. but then, i could give a rat's ass whether or not someone's a good dancer (britney, anyone?) since that has nothing to do with singing/rapping/writing/designing awesome album covers...</p> <p>/end MIA defense</p> <p>p.s. fannypack BLOWS. now THAT is $15 and twenty-five minutes of my life i will never redeem. i'm almost insulted that they lumped MIA w/them...i don't care WHAT any music writer says-- "camel toe" does not equal "cars that go boom" and it never will. gah.</p> MIA is STILL in my car stereo, she’s remained there ever since she arrived in the mail from NPR. for musical magpie me, that speaks volumes. but then, i could give a rat’s ass whether or not someone’s a good dancer (britney, anyone?) since that has nothing to do with singing/rapping/writing/designing awesome album covers…

/end MIA defense

p.s. fannypack BLOWS. now THAT is $15 and twenty-five minutes of my life i will never redeem. i’m almost insulted that they lumped MIA w/them…i don’t care WHAT any music writer says– “camel toe” does not equal “cars that go boom” and it never will. gah.

]]> By: roop http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-8968 roop Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:57:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-8968 <p>actually, i think the genre name we're looking for is "pop". it's not necessarily a bad term - i think it covers the kinds of entertainers who come up with something simple, fun, and catchy. "pop" doesn't always have to equal white and bubblegum, you know. i think it's shifting now such that even a lot of "hip hop" is really more pop than ever before.</p> actually, i think the genre name we’re looking for is “pop”. it’s not necessarily a bad term – i think it covers the kinds of entertainers who come up with something simple, fun, and catchy. “pop” doesn’t always have to equal white and bubblegum, you know. i think it’s shifting now such that even a lot of “hip hop” is really more pop than ever before.

]]> By: Saurav http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/mia_now_a_role/comment-page-1/#comment-8964 Saurav Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:01:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1448#comment-8964 <p>how about outkast too? to pigeonhole them as "hip hop" is ridiculous except in the broadest definition of hip hop. they're gloriously eclectic.</p> <p>I think the writer missed the broader trend that there's more genre-busting music nowadays (or, at least, that I know about).</p> how about outkast too? to pigeonhole them as “hip hop” is ridiculous except in the broadest definition of hip hop. they’re gloriously eclectic.

I think the writer missed the broader trend that there’s more genre-busting music nowadays (or, at least, that I know about).

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