- Hot Topic (song)
"Hot Topic" is a song from the debut album of
feminist electro-punk trioLe Tigre . The song pays tribute to dozens of female visual artists, musicians, writers, feminists and others who have inspired them.Information
The single was release on 7" and Maxi-CD in 1999 by
Wiiija Records .# Hot Topic
# Hot Topic (41 Small Stars Remix)
# Yr Critique
# They Want Us To Make A Symphony Out Of The Sound Of Women Swallowing Their Own TonguesList of inspirations
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Carol Rama : erotic artist
*Eleanor Antin : performance artist, filmmaker, and installation artist
*Yoko Ono : Japanese artist and musician
*Carolee Schneeman : American performance artist
*Gretchen Phillips : American singer-songwriter and musician
*Cibo Matto : New York City-based band formed byYuka Honda andMiho Hatori
*Leslie Feinberg : transgender activist, speaker, and author
*Faith Ringgold : African-American artist and author
* Mr. Lady: San-Francisco-based Lesbian-Feminist independent record label and video art distributor
*Laura Cottingham : art critic
*Mab Segrest : American feminist writer and activist
*The Butchies : Lesbian-Feminist band made up ofKaia Wilson ,Allison Martlew , andMelissa York
*Tammy Rae Carland : zine editor, artist, filmmaker, and owner of Mr. Lady Records
*Sleater-Kinney : indie rock band
*Vivienne Dick : Irish experimental and documentary filmmaker
*Lorraine O'Grady : African-American performance artist and photographer
* Gayatri Spivak: Indian literary critic and theorist
*Angela Davis : American socialist organizer and professor
*Laurie Weeks : writer and performer
*Dorothy Allison : American lesbian writer and speaker
*Gertrude Stein : American writer
*Marlon Riggs : African-American poet, educator, filmmaker, and gay rights activist
*Billie Jean King : retired tennis player
* Ut: No Wave band
* DJ Cuttin Candy
*David Wojnarowicz : gay painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and activist
*Melissa York : rock drummer, former member ofThe Butchies
*Nina Simone : American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
*Ann Peebles : internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter
* Tammy Hart
*The Slits : post-punk band
*Hanin Elias : German industrial/techno artist and former member ofAtari Teenage Riot
*Hazel Dickens : American bluegrass singer
*Cathy Sissler : American musician, writer, and touring performance artist
*Shirley Muldowney : first femaleNHRA -licensed drag racer
*Urvashi Vaid : AmericanLGBT civil rights activist
*Valie Export : Austrian artist
* Cathy Opie: North American photographer
*James Baldwin : American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist, and civil rights activist
*Diane DiMassa : American feminist author and cartoonist
*Aretha Franklin : American singer, songwriter, and pianist
*Joan Jett : American rock guitarist, singer, producer, and actress
*Mia X : female rapper
* Krystal Wakem: Tammy Rae Carland's niece
*Kara Walker : contemporary American artist
*Justin Bond : queer performer, best known as Kiki ofKiki and Herb
*Bridget Irish : American performance artist, lesbian feminist, and Marxist
*Juliana Lueking : spoken word artist
*Cecilia Dougherty : filmmaker
*Ariel Schrag : American cartonist
*The Need : queercore band
* Vaginal Creme Davis: drag queen, performance artist, painter, independent curator, composer, and writer
*Alice Gerard : journalist and peace activist
*Billy Tipton : American jazz pianist and saxophonist
*Julie Doucet : Canadian underground cartoonist and artist
*Yayoi Kusama : Japanese artist
*Eileen Myles : American poetReferences
HOT TOPIC (lyrics). 2008-01-10. URL:http://www.letigreworld.com/sweepstakes/html_site/song/hotopic.html. Accessed: 2008-01-10. (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5UkOhcizm)
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