Confessions of A Video Vixen: The Rise and Fall of An Era (Patreon)
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Let's do a deep dive on the 2005 bestseller Confessions of a Video Vixen, and by extension, the sexuality and politics surrounding black women who perform and/or monetize sex. Karrine Steffans was a brave and flawed woman-- and many of the reactions to her book were riddled with hypocrisy (and if you were anything like me, such hypocrisy will teleport you straight back to middle school). In this episode of Celebritea, I'll be discussing the book, the 2000s phenomenon of video girls, misogyny in hip hop, the audacity of rapists like Charlamagne the God to pass judgment, the very fine line between video vixens and sex workers, and more! This was fun to make. More new videos coming in July <3
Sources
- The Marriage of Hip Hop and Liquor
- Drop It Like It's Hot: Culture Industry Laborers and Their Perspectives on Rap Music Video Production (Mako Fitts)
- The Video Vixen Era is Dead, Long Live The Video Vixen Era (Yoh Phillips)
- Vixen Resistin': Redefining Black Womanhood in Hip Hop Music Videos (Murali Balaji)
- Karrine Steffans NPR Interview
- A Comprehensive Examination of The Roles Video Vixens Have Played Through Every Era of Hip Hop (Brooklyn White)
- A Bawdy Lifestyle: And How To Shake It (Nia-Malika Henderson)
- The Rise and Fall of King Magazine (Trymaine Lee)
- Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture (Shayne Lee)
- Interview Between Buffie The Body and Charlamagne
- Buffie the Body: When assets become liabilities (Ben Westhoff)
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