Home Girls Makes Some Noise: Hip Hop Feminism Anthology

The essays are excellent. These young women have brought to light how young black females are viewed by the public. Everyone should read this book especially the one by Brittney Cooper!!!!!

"Home Girls Make Some Noise" is the quintessential praise book written with the female MC and B-girl in mind, alternating between poetry, prose and essays about being a female of the Hip Hop generation and culture. The essays in this anthology were well researched and cited credible sources. I was pleasantly surprised by the vast number of interviews conducted with females in the Hip Hop industry. "Home Girls Make Some Noise" does a fantastic job of breaking feminist Hip Hop culture down to the lowest denominator. "Home Girls" discusses lesbians and other alternative lifestyle women and their role in hip hop culture past and present. Most of these alternative lifestyle women complain that mainstream hip hop has a difficult time accepting their orientation for anything other than visual stimulation for men in rap videos. This argument was a perfect lead into the objectification of women in rap videos. This objectification of women in hip hop goes far beyond the video girl and the female rapper. Female DJs from across the country and across the globe said that they feel the pressure to prove themselves. This pressure comes from both male and female Hip Hop consumers alike. The pressure on females in Hip Hop is cyclical. The industry is having a profound effect on young girls, which is fast becoming a social problem. Girls as young as five displaying sexually explicit dance moves in response to what they are seeing on BET and other music video networks. Overall this anthology was well-written and discussed topics that are often overlooked. I found it difficult to wrap my head around the sheer amount of topics covered. In the end, I was won over by the outstanding efforts of the authors and editors to make "Home Girls Make Some Noise" a one-stop shop for feminist Hip Hop culture. Reviewed By: Porscha APOOO BookClub