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Christine Capetola

Writer. Professor. Cultural Programmer.

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Miley Cyrus and Reaching Back for Rock’s Past

December 5, 2020 By ccapetola

In October 2013, I went on a first date that ended with me arguing about Miley Cyrus with someone I would never see again.  Although it was already two months after Cyrus’s infamous set at the 2013 VMAs, the performance … Read the rest

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Miley Cyrus, Plastic Hearts, Rock Revival

Land of Talk and Loving During Crisis

August 4, 2020 By ccapetola

It was January 2007 and I needed a new band to grow up with.  Having returned to Philly from Sleater-Kinney’s “last” show in Portland, OR only five months previously, I was now left with a new (in name, at least) … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, feminism, romanticism Tagged With: Indinstinct Conversations, Land of Talk

Austra and the Politics of Pleasure (Under Quarantine)

May 17, 2020 By ccapetola

Austra’s Feel It Break roared into my life in May 2011, during what turned out to be a second moment of major transition in my adult life.  Having crossed the three-year mark in my first romantic relationship and realizing that … Read the rest

Filed Under: feminism, queerness, synthpop Tagged With: Austra, Feel It Break, HiRuDiN

Listening to Holly Miranda During COVID-19

April 13, 2020 By ccapetola

At the start of the fourth week of social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic, I relistened to the recording for one of my favorite concerts of all time, the album release show for Holly Miranda’s The Magician’s Private Library at … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, intimacy, queerness Tagged With: Bowery Ballroom, Holly Miranda, Zebulon

Lana Del Rey, FKA twigs, and Careful Romanticism

December 23, 2019 By ccapetola

2019 was a year—and the 2010s were a decade.  The 2010s were a time of massive change and growth for me.  Throughout the decade, I lived in four cities: Philly, Brooklyn, Austin, and New Orleans.  I was affiliated with four … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, Millennials, romanticism Tagged With: FKA twigs, Lana Del Rey

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