Self-Described and Self-Defined, 1965 -
Kosuth, Joseph (Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon)
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http://theafrofeminist.tumblr.com/
This a link to a tumbler account thread that discusses Nicki Minaj as a feminist (perhaps womanist?) figure in popular culture. What I like about this post is that it isn’t expressing a complete like or dislike of Nicki Minaj and intead focuses on her self-representation as a musician and a black woman. I think that Nicki Minaj has, especially recently, focused media attention of the different treatment given to women in the music industry based on the color of their skin and the overall objectification of women in the music industry in general. Though this objectification could be seen as supported by her music and music videos, I think that a certain amount of extremism might be needed in the music industry today to reach the uppermost tier of the music industry and to stay there. Lady Gaga is also an example of this, though her expression perhaps leads more towards unexpected and bizarre than sexual.
I think that Nicki Minaj can be considered Afrofuturistic to some degree. It is her support of womanism combined with elements of black culture and sci-fi that makes her possible to be seen as Afrofuturistic.
“Maybe you don’t know it, damn it… but there aren’t many around like you (not any).”
— Anne Sexton, from a letter to Anthony Hecht featured in A Self-Portrait in Letters
