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Dorothea Trowbridge

 * ... that St. Louis blues singer Dorothea Trowbridge recorded "Grinding Blues" in 1933, whose lyrics are cited as an "open declaration of erotic desire"?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sunil Barve.

Created by Drmies (talk). Self nominated at 04:46, 16 May 2013 (UTC).


 * Date, Length, and hook check out.
 * However:Symbol question.svg Check reference 13 and 14. I think 14 should be using 13, and I don't know what 13 should be sourced from.--kelapstick(bainuu) 20:19, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks: I tweaked the links to Google Books to line up the page numbers; it should be clear now. 13 is a dictionary (proving that "grind" means "fuck"--BTW, lots of hits for "grind" in the book!) and 14 is for the "erotic desire" thing (note that there's weird "pages" in between the pages, so to speak). Also, I need a plenty grease in my frying pan, / 'Cause I don't want my meat to burn. Drmies (talk) 23:43, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Doc, I am still unsure what you are citing here.
 * In recent scholarship, the explicit lyrics for "Steady Grinding" (and those for "Steady Grinding Blues",[12] "grind" meaning "to copulate"[13]) have drawn scholarly attention for the statements they make about female sexuality and empowerment among African American women of the early 20th century; among those early blueswomen scholars find "numerous open declarations of erotic desire".[14]
 * Cite 12 goes to the definition of grinding, and cite 13 (page 275) is an index of the same book. Is the definition cite supposed to be to show it is explicit (i.e. grind=fuck)?  If so than cite 13 is unnecessary, as all it links to is the index of Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary.  Also you are pushing the use of the world scholar, twice in the same sentence? Scholars have drawn scholarly attention?  --kelapstick(bainuu) 10:25, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * All slips on my part, K--I must have had my mind on grinding, not writing. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 19:52, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * One more slip-up like this Drmies and I will have my on-call admin indef you! Maybe you have heard of him, his name is Drmies? Er....nevermind. Symbol confirmed.svg All good, within policy, refs check out.  Make it so number 2. --kelapstick(bainuu) 20:23, 17 May 2013 (UTC)