Lucky Bitch Radio with Wanda Wisdom

Thanks Wanda for having your progrum ready every day this week in the MORNING!

Good idea producing the show the day before.

See you tonight!

I am guilty of assuming that when you’ve used the word MonoCulture in the past, you were using it as shorthand for “the majority of the shit being spoon-fed to us by traditional media”, which in my world includes black people and hispanic people as well. For instance, I love “Ugly Betty” but for me, it also represents MonoCulture… As does Oprah, and all the shit ever shown on the WB-CW. I’d even go a little further and say that a BUNCH of the hip-hop out there is actually part of the MonoCulture (at least as I define it) as well. I think that hip-hop can’t be considered marginalized… at least, not any longer. It is celebrated to the degree that there seems to be little distinction between quality hip-hop, and the empty, thougthless hip-hip. The MonoCulture (at least as I define it) rejects things like slam poetry and radical politics among other things.

related but different commentary- have you noticed that we’re actually experiencing the tipping point for this mainstream media now? The TODAY SHOW actually shows clips from YOUTUBE now. The pendulum is now swinging from the mainstream media telling *us* what we should be interested in, to us telling the mainstream media what they should be interested in….telling us. Crazy! It is a very exciting time and I’m really looking forward to seeing this play out.

Heya,

I don’t think that when people say being gay is just like having blue eyes is them meaning being gay is inconsequential.

You can substitute blue eyes in the statement for black skin, it means that the thing being discussed is integral & normal (and maybe also they mean it can’t be chosen); therefore people shouldn’t be judged or persecuted by that feature.

If someone said to me “Hey, you’re queer” in a disparaging fashion I’d say “Yeah, and I’ve got blue eyes and play xbox, what’s your point?”.

i found an article really interesting about how when African American men in hip hop want to show their strength, they shed clothing. and when women do such whilst rapping, it shows their vulnerability. and the dichotomy of such was completely fucked when you think about it. but i have to agree with you, it’s really interesting to sit down and discuss the marginalization of any “new” and “different” culture.

as always i love your show Wanda. *smooches*

Hopefully, I’m not out of bounds here. But I just wanted to comment on a comment by Miss M. And throw in my 2 cents.
From my experience, I find that many people say “oh, being gay isn’t a huge part of my life” or “I’m gay and I don’t identify with the gay scene”. I feel this is what Wanda was trying to convey with “being gay is like having blue eyes” statement. I feel people who make statements like this are apathetic, indifferent, and uninterested in the gay community. I worry quite a bit as to where this will lead us.
We have a unique culture and together we are strong. If we start putting our backs to the gay community or your identity with the gay community, we will only be hurting ourselves. We will lose our unique culture and any possibility to defend ourselves. Goodbye Queens and say hello to minimalls in suburbia but make sure you are in the back of the line because you have a boyfriend? I’m not ready to give that up yet.
I just keep thinking of Germany prior to WWII. It was somewhat gay friendly with gay bars, shops, and cafe’s (from the history lessons I’ve had). Then in a blink of an eye, being gay was a reason for cleansing the German population. Mind you, this would be an extreme today. However, anything can happen in the future and if we don’t have that support of each other, the support of a gay community, where will we be?

Personally I like a lot of hip-hop music. I often feel betrayed when I read news articles detailing the homophobia of a particular artists I had previously enjoyed listening to. I grew up in what was for the most part a cultural void so I soak up a lot of things. For me it simply hurts when I discover something I enjoy only to then be excluded from participation. I feel a lot of animosity toward some hip-hop artists who very blatantly emasculate gay men and degrade women. Both of these are problems that are entrenched in all of society in most of the world. I also think that many “main stream” African Americans (Oprah) could be singling out their own community in order to clean house. Meaning that racism is so prevalent they don’t need to give anyone any more reason to hate. Like you said hip-hop didn’t create the problem. They just seem to be a convenient scapegoat.