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| From | "Craig Leve" <snap_crackle_pop@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: School Me, Too (was RE: Somebody school me) |
| Date | Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:33:03 -0800 |
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I wouldn't agree that lesbians are the sine qua non for "Women's Music" as I
described it, but yeah my original description would have lent itself to
that view. Surely not all lesbians adopt this informal culture, as evidenced
by your friend as well as a number of mine. As well, I sure don't think it's
as simple as lesbians like lesbians - as I'm sure many of the folks within
the Lilith Fair/Women's Music community - performers and audience both, are
not lesbians either.
But back to the matter at hand - maybe it's a labeling issue. The reason I
don't need to ask a bunch of males the question you suggested is they don't
go out of their way to adopt a moniker like "Men's Music" that would suggest
a level of comprehensiveness they have no aspirations for.
And hey, it wasn't really just a question of Stewart, but thanks for the
reply.
Happy New Year all,
-craig
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org]On Behalf
Of Stewart Mason
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:12 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: School Me, Too (was RE: Somebody school me)
This seems like a question best asked of a lesbian who self-identifies
as a proponent of "Women's Music." Let us know what she says.
As I'm neither, I can't answer you, but my suspicion is that you're
gonna get the same answer you'd get if you asked a bunch of males (gay
or straight), "Hey! There's all this music made by people with
penises! How come you're not into it?" -- the gender and orientation
of the listener doesn't necessarily have to coincide with the gender
and orientation of the artist. Hell, the lesbian I'm closest to is my
cousin Liz, and she utterly worships John Coltrane, despite not being
black, straight, a heroin addict or dead.
S
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