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11 years, 2 months ago - Radar Music Videos

Hi Shooters,
This is actually the title of a discussion we're having as part of The Great Escape convention this weekend, details below.
But I thought it might be an interesting discussion to have here too. So let's focus that a little more - is sexism in music videos so normalised we have to accept that's just the way most people like it?
What do you think?
Some students I was talking to recently think sexist representations aren't a big deal and just part of a multiplicity of options out there.
I wonder what it'll take to shift sexist representations in pop particularly and whether it can ever happen.

I'll post back here after The Great Escape discussion & let you know key points - but if you can come, do, and say hello :)

Caroline



Blurred Lines - Does Pop have a Misogyny Problem?
The Great Escape, Brighton
Sat 10th May 1.30pm
The ‘Blurred Lines’ contoversy also kick-started a debate about music videos online, and the accessibility of more explicit pop promos to younger viewers. Are labels and video directors increasingly guilty of employing a ‘sex sells’ (or ‘NSFW generates clicks’) approach to ensure maximum YouTube views? And if so, does that matter, both creatively and socially?

Promising a fizzing discussion about trends in music video making and porn, including sexism, feminism and the rise of 'ethical porn' will be:
Phil Tidy: prolific producer, including collaboration with Diane Martel director of the eponymous Blurred Lines
Craig Haynes: content manager for the massive dubstep channel UKF
Jerry Bartlett: founder of 'Sex and Censorship' dedicated to freedom of expression
De La Muerta aka Deborah Scanlan and Elizabeth Adams, regular directors for Kyla La Grange, Lulu James and Chloe Howl

- See more at: http://www.completemusicupdate.com/tge2014-blurredlines/#sthash.0HprbAhX.dpuf