Comments on: Amanda Palmer reacts to justice (as to everything) with exuberant Twittering http://www.girlpants.org/2010/04/amanda-palmer-reacts-to-justice-as-to-everything-with-exuberant-twittering/ more songs than a song convention Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:24:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Niina http://www.girlpants.org/2010/04/amanda-palmer-reacts-to-justice-as-to-everything-with-exuberant-twittering/comment-page-1/#comment-24976 Niina Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:39:28 +0000 http://www.girlpants.org/?p=817#comment-24976 Martha, I do get your response. Palmer is really quick to react and (this is my impression) she's often in the dark about the consequences of her kind of weird level of fame. But she is also a performer, and she has roots in the burlesque world, which is often dark and equilaterally offensive. I am generally really into the hyper-performative, especially when it makes light of issues people are uncomfortable with. At the same time, though, I don't find her "political" in this way. She has an easy time navigating these topics, and maybe it is indeed privilege speaking. Nevertheless, the exuberance, the word-vomit and utter lack of premeditated publicist spin has an appeal that agrees with me. Nevertheless, I did not get into this on the post itself, but I'm not a fan of the Evelyn Evelyn stuff, really. I think it's somewhat twee and gimmicky and at times (same beef as yours, really) thoughtless. Martha, I do get your response. Palmer is really quick to react and (this is my impression) she’s often in the dark about the consequences of her kind of weird level of fame. But she is also a performer, and she has roots in the burlesque world, which is often dark and equilaterally offensive. I am generally really into the hyper-performative, especially when it makes light of issues people are uncomfortable with. At the same time, though, I don’t find her “political” in this way. She has an easy time navigating these topics, and maybe it is indeed privilege speaking. Nevertheless, the exuberance, the word-vomit and utter lack of premeditated publicist spin has an appeal that agrees with me.

Nevertheless, I did not get into this on the post itself, but I’m not a fan of the Evelyn Evelyn stuff, really. I think it’s somewhat twee and gimmicky and at times (same beef as yours, really) thoughtless.

]]> By: MattKlomp http://www.girlpants.org/2010/04/amanda-palmer-reacts-to-justice-as-to-everything-with-exuberant-twittering/comment-page-1/#comment-24975 MattKlomp Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:07:53 +0000 http://www.girlpants.org/?p=817#comment-24975 Really digging Evelyn Evelyn - sounds a bit different from the Dresden Dolls stuff, but I think it's awesome. The band's myspace page has some really cool stuff up, definitely recommend checking it out. http://www.myspace.com/evelynevelyn Really digging Evelyn Evelyn — sounds a bit different from the Dresden Dolls stuff, but I think it’s awesome. The band’s myspace page has some really cool stuff up, definitely recommend checking it out. http://www.myspace.com/evelynevelyn

]]> By: Martha http://www.girlpants.org/2010/04/amanda-palmer-reacts-to-justice-as-to-everything-with-exuberant-twittering/comment-page-1/#comment-24974 Martha Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:28:14 +0000 http://www.girlpants.org/?p=817#comment-24974 I find it really hard to want to have anything to do with an artist who's so full of privilege she thinks it's funny to make jokes about the KKK, and simulate rape on stage, and publicly mock "disabled feminists" and anyone else who objects to the things she does. At least for me, she's said and done enough nasty, thoughtless things to make me think really, really badly of her. I find it really hard to want to have anything to do with an artist who’s so full of privilege she thinks it’s funny to make jokes about the KKK, and simulate rape on stage, and publicly mock “disabled feminists” and anyone else who objects to the things she does. At least for me, she’s said and done enough nasty, thoughtless things to make me think really, really badly of her.

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