Episode six of season two, where we read and discuss Susanne Cusick's chapter in Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology. We also discuss our first piece of racist hate mail, our experience dating other musicians, personifying music (specifically as a woman), and pleasure as a form of self care.
Timestamps:
Hate mail: 1:47
Emily's Facebook poll about women in music: 10:50
An introduction and summary of the chapter: 12:45
So you wanna date a musician? 25:27
Who's on top? 35:17
The power/pleasure/intimacy triad: 46:47
Music that gives us pleasure: 56:06
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