User:Jadeburdman/sandbox

(After second paragraph in 'Definitions') It can be argued that hip hop itself is a queer art form since it does contrast what is typical and thought to be allowed in society and in music. However, the term 'queer' most commonly refers to LGBT+ people, whether positively or negatively, and it is a bit unjust to label a genre of music 'queer' when it is filled with misogyny, sexism, homophobia, etc that targets and harms these groups. Women in hip hop often either use their queerness as a tactic to pull unconventional sexuality into their music or they use queerness in general to do so when they aren't queer themselves for the same effect. Although some women clearly sing and rap about other women, have women in their videos, etc, it is still seen as a ploy to get attention from men instead of expressing themselves and bringing their community attention. Some are instantly labeled queer and others can't reach that label no matter how many songs they have about having sex with women. Savannah Shange wrote, "...how much pussy does one have to talk about eating for it to count as queer?" (30, A King Named Nicki). By this she refers to the women in hip hop who continuously push their queerness, however they are not referred to or thought of as queer no matter how obvious they might make themselves. Instead they're incessantly deemed as sex objects for men even when they're trying to claim their label for themselves.