Comments on: Who are you calling a bitch?

By: Irving Peay

Irving Peay — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:24:40 +0000

I have a @ year subscription, but I recently moved from 2706 Jenkins st. Nashville, Tennessee 37208 to 78 Schauf ave. Buffalo, New York 14211, I need my XXL subscription sent to my new apartment…. Thank Yall- Iam a very LOVAL customer… IRVING R. PEAY Jr.

By: Miss J.

Miss J. — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:21:17 +0000

This doesn’t just happen in hip hop. It happens in life. Based on my own experiences, it’s not limited to female-on-female hate. I’ve crossed paths with numbers of hateful women AND men whom I can only assume were envious of my hustle.

Or maybe it was because I’m an asshole…

By: lady c

lady c — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:29:16 +0000

its sad how true your words are on women on the hip hop career ladder – some are always ready to kick at others if it means they get a step up!

but oppressed people have to realise why this happens, educate each other -even the meanest backstabbingest girls you meet – let ourselves be divided and conquered!

By: tHe tRaNsIeNt

tHe tRaNsIeNt — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:44:12 +0000

thoreauly77 too..dat pussy is such a lickspittle

By: tHe tRaNsIeNt

tHe tRaNsIeNt — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:43:15 +0000

i dont know tara..u get a fair amount of bitches hittin’ u up in da comments section – rey, belize, fernando, dj n faggitable and da usual array of ball-less barely male faggits

By: CuntRapist

CuntRapist — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:02:38 +0000

hey cuntwad, i wannna see some naked pics of your shaved twat!

By: NickeNitro

NickeNitro — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:09:52 +0000

Well, speaking of criticizing you, “we all know that hip-hop is sexist” is a pretty airheaded remark at best. I guess you’re trying to rally the ladies or whatever, but you just called everyone and everything associated with the genre sexist, including the female rappers. You get more compliments from hip-hop’s fans on this site than any of the dudes writing here, and you just called all those fans sexist on some oblivious Oprah speak. The industry, specific artists, specific mentalities — they can all be sexist. A genre of music, however, cannot inherently be racist.

It’s statements like that that make people go out and run misdirected campaigns against hip-hop in general, like here:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/03/hip.hop.

Does Nelly represent all of hip-hop? Hardly, but the industry caters airplay and promotion to ignorant ideas like sexism so the media can turn around and blame the music.

Most rappers and rap songs aren’t sexist, believe it or not. But if the industry is only really giving spins and ads to rappers who meet the ignorance threshold, there’s always going to be an opportunist. And since the vast majority of better MCs aren’t getting spins, probably most of the better MCs aren’t meeting the high standards of ignorance required.

But it doesn’t matter — the masses are trained to only listen to what’s on the dial and believe the corporate “news” (for example, XXL) without thinking about it.

Hip-hop doesn’t have a choice in the matter.

By: alleyeCNtower

alleyeCNtower — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:06:34 +0000

this is well said, Tara.
shame that women wouldn’t stick together, like a few other “groups” do (such as the Asians in hip hop seem to, and Latinos to a certain extent… not that I want to really separate people like that, but anyways)

the sexism is so self-destructive, and this added dimension should not be allowed to flourish either, because women’s voices are being silently removed from hip hop altogether, regardless.

the female writer’s perspective as well. keep speaking. some people still actually listen to truth, no matter who says it.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:35:22 +0000

…and I’m glad to see a female writer such as yourself. I’m thankful for you that you put your skills and talent to some real good writing out there. And you can write a intelligent blog without using the F-word a million times.

By: thoreauly77

thoreauly77 — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:32:15 +0000

i read every blog on here, as well as passionoftheweiss, humanity critic, dallaspenn and nah right and i think each one has it’s own unique quality that i enjoy. tara, you are one of the only writers out of that group whose sincere love for the music shows itself shamelessly, and for that reason alonei will keep reading what you write. all that other shit is just white noise.

By: derfla the hus'la

derfla the hus'la — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:22:34 +0000

P Says:

February 1st, 2007 at 12:22 am
Tara aint no Bitch she’s a sister…there’s a big difference…..
(c)bitchies and sisters-jay-z life and times vol 2

^^^^^^^^^
ummm….bitches and sisters is from Blueprint 2….but I agree if its all the same
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my bad!!!!!!!!!!

By: EReal

EReal — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:27:44 +0000

Hey Whiteman,

Who is Heidi Flice??

hmmm… ladies arent pimps eh?
They’re actually the best pimps, cause havin a girl co-sign makes it seem like female empowerment. Just check this “Madam”‘s little black book homie. She was the #1 Pimp in the USA.

1 hunned.

By: Whiteman

Whiteman — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:50:43 +0000

Ladies aren’t pimps they get pimped!!! I’m pretty sure that this pose was somehow directed at me but you got me wrong I don’t hate you because you are a chick I hate you because your a fuckin race traitor.

By: links for 2007-02-01 at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

links for 2007-02-01 at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:08:11 +0000

[...] Who are you calling a bitch? – XXL “I learned that a lot of the venom in these letters had to do with feeling like there was no opportunities for females in the industry, that if there was only going to be one spot—cot damn, they were going to get it, even if they had to take someone out (tags: hiphop journalism gender feminism) [...]

By: blaQ

blaQ — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:20:53 +0000

Tara, I see you talking all this empowerment of women in hip hop and all yet all last year you didnt even have one blog mentioning why 2006 was a female MC free zone! so much for speaking up for them Tara…

By: P

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:22:47 +0000

Tara aint no Bitch she’s a sister…there’s a big difference…..
(c)bitchies and sisters-jay-z life and times vol 2

^^^^^^^^^
ummm….bitches and sisters is from Blueprint 2….but I agree if its all the same

By: crackavelli

crackavelli — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:58:18 +0000

women hate women all day even if they ghey. and thats on some real serious stuff. look at how moms treat there daughters. like there tryin to steal there man. or girl friends who end up fighting or not talkin just because of a one night stand. women hate women and they dont see it.

By: hiphopaintdeadyet

hiphopaintdeadyet — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:23:39 +0000

Out of all the blogs written on this site..the only one i actually look forward to the most is Tara’s..she brings a different vibe. She definetly is a role model, and also proves that it really doesn’t matter what you look like or your background,you can love hip-hop and have a passion for it..thanks a lot for the great articles!!

By: SilverBack Gorilla

SilverBack Gorilla — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:14:34 +0000

thecollinb Says:

January 31st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
is it more frustrating to be hated by women sporadically or have dudes pat you on the ass (figuratively) about the blogs you write?
not that you dont put up pif but sometimes it seems like your blogs get more head way cause you’ve got internet cleavage

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Couldn’t of said it better myself.

I think eventually Tara might put up some garbage, something she don’t even agree with, & see how many c-boys still give her a nod cause cats think she cute.

By: CALIMOVEMENT

CALIMOVEMENT — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:28:12 +0000

Funny how the security of hiding behind the internet brings out the gangsta in some people………..