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Christine Capetola

Writer. Professor. Cultural Programmer.

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America

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

Kelela in Three Acts

March 19, 2018 By ccapetola

“Some of you don’t know who the fuck I am.  My name is Kelela.”

It’s Friday afternoon at the Pitchfork SXSW day party at Barracuda and Kelela is midway through her set as the headlining act.  After doing the three … Read the rest

Filed Under: America, black womanhood, vulnerability Tagged With: Kelela, SXSW 2018

We’ll Do It Again (In A World At War)

February 17, 2018 By ccapetola

In the middle of the summer of 2017, Lana Del Rey’s Lust For Life entered the musical atmosphere like a whirlwind, a mixture of vulnerability, politics, and pop hooks that pulled in many different directions while simultaneously keeping its course … Read the rest

Filed Under: America, homoeroticism, vulnerability Tagged With: Lana Del Rey, Millennials

Weary of the Ways of the World

October 30, 2017 By ccapetola

After the sun had gone down on the Friday of weekend two of ACL, it was Solange’s turn to take the Barton Springs stage.  As 7:15pm passed and there was still no sight of the singer, a message flashed on … Read the rest

Filed Under: America, black womanhood, vulnerability Tagged With: ACL, Solange

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