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PLAYED: How Music Orchestrates Thick Violence Against Black Girls on the Internet
Did you know that YouTube kickstarted its video-sharing platform in 2005 by exploiting the interest-driven activities of girls and doxxing the controversial Nipplegate video? In this talk, Dr. Kyra Gaunt (University at Albany, SUNY) reveals the obscured musical contributions of Black girls who twerk while also exposing how music perpetuates patriarchal violence. This violence exists at the intersection of Black girls’ aspirational bedroom musical play, monetized streaming content, and the continuation of adolescent relationship violence and misogynoir through search algorithms and audience interactions. From YouTube to TikTok, PLAYED underscores the adverse childhood experiences masked by the perceived empowering qualities of music.
This event continues the African American Intellectual Culture Series and Clark University’s celebration of Black History Month. Admission is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Higgins School of Humanities and the Office of the Provost at Clark University
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