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Christine Capetola

Writer. Professor. Cultural Programmer.

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Sleater-Kinney and the Space of Queer/Female Friendship

November 25, 2019 By ccapetola

This post was originally going to be called “What It Means to Listen to Sleater-Kinney Now as a Queer Woman.”  It was going to be a talk-back piece, one of those blog posts you write to insert yourself into a … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, feminism, intimacy, queerness Tagged With: Sleater-Kinney

FKA twigs and the Palpability of Vulnerability

September 2, 2019 By ccapetola

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FKA twig’s set at Afropunk 2019 starts in darkness.  The darkness of the stage at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn mirrors the darkness of the Sunday night sky, feeding one another in a continuos loop.  Slowly, the stage fills … Read the rest

Filed Under: intimacy, vibrations, vulnerability Tagged With: Afropunk, FKA twigs

Robyn, The Hurt, and The Honey

July 29, 2019 By ccapetola

It starts with a bass line.  Wobbling and reverberating out into the night, the vibrations make space for the vocals to slowly creep into the song.  As the voice declares, “If you’ve got something to say, I need to hear … Read the rest

Filed Under: intimacy, synthpop, vulnerability Tagged With: house, Pitchfork, Robyn

U.S. Girls and the Politics of Feminist Art

April 28, 2019 By ccapetola

When I saw U.S. Girls for the first time at SXSW last year, it nothing short of changed my life.  It was the last day of my last anticipated SXSW and I was standing in the basking 5pm sun in … Read the rest

Filed Under: America, feminism, intimacy Tagged With: Polaris Music Prize, U.S. Girls

Can You Break Sometimes: Blood Orange and the Future Past

November 5, 2018 By ccapetola

What does it mean to go back to who/where you used to be?  What does it mean to go forward from going back? In late September, I returned to Central Park Summerstage for the first time in over a decade … Read the rest

Filed Under: blackness, transness, vulnerability Tagged With: Blood Orange, Central Park Summerstage

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