March 20, 2005
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS
Hip to It: Can today's belly-dancing really be less exhibitionism, more empowerment? (Will Kilburn, Boston Globe Magazine, 3/20/05)
"I can express myself," says Alicia Sinicrope of Milton, a middle school teacher. "And I don't have to have someone else lead me, like I do in ballroom dance. This is something I can lead myself, so it gives me a lot more power."Feminist bellydancing.
MORE: Whatever you do, don't click here. (If you ignored my advice, you can click here for an explanation. If you recognized the artist before clicking on the second link, you owe me a book.)
Posted by David Cohen at March 20, 2005 12:19 PMIn god's image.
Posted by: ghostcat at March 20, 2005 2:48 PMI was watching a History Channel show called the Conquest of Hawaii, and through all the supposedly awful things that happened, what made me really upset was when they outlawed hula dancing. Not bellydancing, but still
Posted by: RC at March 20, 2005 4:32 PMI knew I shouldn't have clicked. Do you have a reading list somewhere, or is one from my collection which, while not Juddsian in scope (should the oft told tales be true), is probably bigger than it should be. If Florida hadn't lost today I would still be holding out hope in the basketball pool for a push, but it looks like I owe you. :-)
Posted by: Pat H at March 20, 2005 7:07 PMDavid: Rhino Records put out a collection years ago that we used to have playing for poor, unsuspecting callers as our "on hold" loop at an ad agency where I worked. The Shat doing Tamborine Man is almost more than a mortal can take. It's the audio equivalent of a car wreck though: people would literally ask, laughingly, to be put BACK on hold.
Posted by: John Resnick at March 21, 2005 4:21 PM