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Crew B is interested in exploring femininity in Hip Hop. Different from the Hip Hop feminism page because we will explore various forms of feminine expression through the three different hip hop platforms while also examining femininity through all bodies; female, trans, and feminine male bodies and artists. We find this especially important because femininity does not specifically attach itself to the female form as demonstrated with artists like Big Freedia. We will also explore the connection between artist femininity and the sexualization of the female body and how the two intersect and play off each other. We will use different artists, mainstream and underground, like MIA, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliot, Jennifer Lopez, and even Beyonce, to show how each artist demonstrates femininity in their own unique, specific way. The great thing with this topic is that it also allows us to link to other pages because of all the sources and topics that are intertwined when discussing femininity expression in hip hop.

Brown, Ruth Nicole. Black Girlhood Celebration: Toward a Hip-hop Feminist Pedagogy. New York: Peter Lang, 2009. Print.

Freedia, Big, and Nicole Balin. Big Freedia: God save the Queen Diva! N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.

Johnson, I. K. (2014). From blues women to b-girls: Performing badass femininity. Retrieved from: Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory. Johnson City, TN: Routledge

Neal, Mark Anthony., Murray Forman, and Joan Morgan. That's the Joint!: The Hip-hop Studies Reader. New York: Routledge, 2004. Print.

Newman, Toni, and Kevin Hogan. I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.

Pough, G. D. (2007). Home Girls Make Some Noise!: Hip-Hop Feminism Anthology. Mira Loma, CA: Parker Publishing.

Rose, Tricia. Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1994. 2-182.

Coffers, Stephanie. "The Portrayal of Masculinity and Femininity Through Contemporary Hip Hop and Rock Songs and Music Videos." AudioGirl. N.p., 13 Nov. 2012. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.

''' Crew B, this is not an annotated bibliography. ~ ''' JustJess PhD (talk) 13:11, 8 April 2016 (UTC)