caitlinOn Creativity and Loneliness in 2016There’s a line in one of my favorite songs by Dennis Wilson, ex-Beach Boy: “Loneliness is a very special place.”Dec 31, 20161Dec 31, 20161
caitlinYG InterviewAs a young white woman, I’ve been reluctant to speak my thoughts on the aggregating instances of police brutality and broadly publicized…Aug 2, 2016Aug 2, 2016
caitlinOur Beautiful Dark Twisted Culture: How Kanye West Turned Us All Against Each OtherYesterday, 18,000 kids gathered in Madison Square Garden (and another 20 million streaming online) to watch Kanye West unveil the latest…Feb 12, 20163Feb 12, 20163
caitlinDeath to the Music BlogMusic blogs, once constructed as platforms for broadcasting the best of the best — for the sake of establishing influential entities in a…Nov 30, 2015Nov 30, 2015
caitlinThey Made Us Hate Ourselves and Love Their Wealth: Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Model as a Mirror of…“There’s no one here that looks like me, and if they do, they’re quiet as fuck … and now we’re seriously in a civil rights movement.”…Nov 22, 2015Nov 22, 2015
caitlinOn “Designer Casket” and Other Existential Considerations in Hip-HopIn 1991, Scarface appalled audiences on the Geto Boys’ “Mind Playin’ Tricks On Me,” opening the song’s first verse with, “At night I can’t…Nov 4, 2015Nov 4, 2015
caitlinWhy Modern Hip-Hop’s Protected Paradigm is Keeping Us from ProgressingThis isn’t a death sentence to hip-hop. This isn’t a bitter diatribe against the youth or its habits. This isn’t a refusal to adapt and I’m…Oct 22, 2015Oct 22, 2015