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cgoiris 's review for:
What are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal
by Laina Dawes, Skin
Star detracted mostly because of "both" genders mention, although this book may need an update anyway since some of the music pages are MySpace pages which... Yeah.
Anyway aside from that, anyone and everyone should read this book. It touches on a lot of social issues that are broader than the metal community and also paints a pretty good music history lesson in the process, all from a black female FoR, which is refreshing because it is so rarely seen.
Despite the fact that I'm not black and our experiences differ, through intersectional experiences I can still relate. There's a good reason my local punk scene is very adamant on the "no racism, no sexism, no homo-/queerphobia" rule (although the addition "no ableism" would be welcome but that's not even tangentially related). Even being vocal about it, the crowds are still (well, pre-covid anyway) mostly white and often mostly male unless the target audience is clearly indicated differently. Issues with some types of men in metal also clearly resonated with me.
But even if you're not into metal or punk at all, go read this anyway.
Anyway aside from that, anyone and everyone should read this book. It touches on a lot of social issues that are broader than the metal community and also paints a pretty good music history lesson in the process, all from a black female FoR, which is refreshing because it is so rarely seen.
Despite the fact that I'm not black and our experiences differ, through intersectional experiences I can still relate. There's a good reason my local punk scene is very adamant on the "no racism, no sexism, no homo-/queerphobia" rule (although the addition "no ableism" would be welcome but that's not even tangentially related). Even being vocal about it, the crowds are still (well, pre-covid anyway) mostly white and often mostly male unless the target audience is clearly indicated differently. Issues with some types of men in metal also clearly resonated with me.
But even if you're not into metal or punk at all, go read this anyway.