Episode 16: Female Pop Appreciation with Ryan Morgan pt.2

Part two of our conversation with Ryan Morgan concerns his opinions on modern female pop stars. His thesis is that not only are we in a golden age of female pop stars who are both artistically interesting and also important culturally and even politically but that we've never actually seen anything like this. We've never had women pop stars, and WOC pop stars at that, in anything like their number or in terms of them making their own choices for themselves. In the course of the conversation we touched on how #MeToo hasn't really hit the music industry yet, how female artistry had been stamped out in the past because of the patriarchy of the music industry and society, among many other side topics. Songs sampled in this episode: Beyonce - "Formation" Miley Cyrus - "Jolene" Ariana Grande - "Dangerous Woman" Taylor Swift - "Style" Amy Winehouse - "Tears Dry On Their Own" Janelle Monáe - "Make Me Feel" Rihanna - "Man Down" The Libertines - "Boys in the Band"