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    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 18 01:33:50 2023
    From the «attention old nerdy men» department:
    Feed: Technology | The Guardian
    Title: ‘Dancing femininely is the most metal thing’: the young women turning
    Slipknot into feminist anthems
    Author: Alaina Demopoulos
    Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 01:00:52 -0400
    Link: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/14/slipknot-tiktok-nu-metal-women-gen-z

    With videos that are part thirst trap, part protest, gen Z is changing the image
    of the nu metal fan

    At first listen, a song with violent and sexual imagery seems like an unlikely anthem for women who dressed up to see the Barbie movie. But many on TikTok are claiming Custer, by the nu metal band Slipknot, as a feminist anthem.

    In TikTok videos, “girly pop” creators who celebrate dressing up, doing their
    makeup, and enjoying the fluffiness of girlhood are twerking along to the loud and aggressive metal track.
    Continue reading...[1]

    Links:
    [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/14/slipknot-tiktok-nu-metal-women-gen-z (link)



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    Emojis are for wimps.

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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Mon Sep 18 08:33:12 2023
    On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 01:33:50 -0000 (UTC)
    Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    From the «attention old nerdy men» department:
    Feed: Technology | The Guardian
    Title: ‘Dancing femininely is the most metal thing’: the young women turning
    Slipknot into feminist anthems
    Author: Alaina Demopoulos
    Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 01:00:52 -0400
    Link: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/14/slipknot-tiktok-nu-metal-women-gen-z

    With videos that are part thirst trap, part protest, gen Z is changing the image
    of the nu metal fan

    At first listen, a song with violent and sexual imagery seems like an unlikely
    anthem for women who dressed up to see the Barbie movie. But many on TikTok are
    claiming Custer, by the nu metal band Slipknot, as a feminist anthem.

    In TikTok videos, “girly pop” creators who celebrate dressing up, doing their
    makeup, and enjoying the fluffiness of girlhood are twerking along to the loud
    and aggressive metal track.
    Continue reading...[1]

    Links:
    [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/14/slipknot-tiktok-nu-metal-women-gen-z (link)


    I wanna see more Hibab wearers in the moshpit.
    </It's all just too ironic, innit?>

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