In the Future, We Kill Our Attackers: Rihanna’s “Man Down” as Afrofuturist Text
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Kismet
Jun 9, 2011, 2:34:48 PM6/9/11
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via @NunezDaughter:
"Rihanna’s video for “Man Down” dropped last week and set the web on
fire. The way justice and rape, innocence and violence work in the
video–and the non-sensical responses to it–have already been outlined
by better writers than me.
I’m writing this post to take the video to its logical conclusion:
In the future, do we kill our attackers?"
read the rest here!
http://nunezdaughter.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/in-the-future-we-kill-our-attackers-rihannas-man-down-as-afrofuturistic-text/
"Rihanna’s video for “Man Down” dropped last week and set the web on
fire. The way justice and rape, innocence and violence work in the
video–and the non-sensical responses to it–have already been outlined
by better writers than me.
I’m writing this post to take the video to its logical conclusion:
In the future, do we kill our attackers?"
read the rest here!
http://nunezdaughter.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/in-the-future-we-kill-our-attackers-rihannas-man-down-as-afrofuturistic-text/
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