Riot Grrrl

This week we watched "The Punk Singer" and it was a documentary about Kathleen Hanna. The main things she talk about in here songs were raped, domestic abuse, and assault all against women. She was sick and tired of women being treated poorly, so she told women to embrace there sexuality. Kathleen was a very loud singer. When we listen to one of her songs I could really make out what she was saying without looking at the lyrics. For the most part women seemed to love her. At her concerts she made men sit towards the back and all the women would come up front and at the beginning of the concert she said if you don't like my music than leave. Which I thought was great because she sings about women sexuality and if you didn't appreciate that than you had the option to leave.

Lady Gaga Performance

I never really watch the Oscars so I had no idea how great Lady Gaga's performance was, but when we watched it in class I was amazed. She was played a song about sexual abuse and had people that have been abused in the background. This performance was great because she could related to it. I never knew this but she had been raped at age 19. Which is very sad but her song spread awareness to everyone that watched. Sexual abuse is a really big problem and I think it was great she took the time to write it.