Society of Sound Podcast

The season finale of Season 1! Some concluding remarks about what we can learn from this study of popular music and gender politics.

In Episode 13 you will hear of the complexities behind Chilla’s public identity of a a female “feminist” rapper in France.

All sources can be found at societyofsoundpodcast.com/sources

In Episode 12, you will learn the message and the motive behind the visual aspects of the #BalanceTonPorc music video, as well as why it is important to analyze music videos of music that engages with social and political movements. 

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All source material can be found on societyofsoundpodcast.com/sources

#BalanceTonPorc music video: 

https://www.facebook.com/ChillaOfficiel/videos/balancetonporc-chilla-official-music-video/335207444173356/

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYAYnGu_iaw

FIT une femme un toit: http://www.associationfit.org/

This week you will learn about how the public perceived Angèle’s message about Balance Ton Porc.

Notable Sources for Today:

Windey, Flo. “REVIEW: A Walk Through Brussels with Angèle's Debut Album Brol.” Enfnts Terrible, October 5, 2018. https://enfntsterribles.com/brussels-angele-brol-album-review-flo-windey/

Nova Radio. “Angèle : « J’ai été face à des gens pour qui la pop était le diable incarné » |Bam Bam,” YouTube Video, 8:40. December 3, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZw6JHnaxO8

NRJ. “Angèle : ‘J’ai encore pas mal de chansons sur les combats féministes.” YouTube Video,1:38. March 26, 2019. https://www.nrj.fr/artistes/angele/actus/angele-jai-encore-pas-mal-de-chansons-sur-les-combats-feministes-71317185

All sources for this season can be found in the “sources” section of our website.

Transition music by Marianna Krumrine.

This week you will hear an analysis of the Balance Ton Quoi music video and all of the intricacies behind the making of it. 

People mentioned:

Charlotte Abramow (director of music video) (instagram: @charlotteabramow)

Marion Brillouet (costume designer) (instagram: @mmmarionb)

Antoine Gouy (actor/comedian) 

Pierre Niney (actor/comedian) (instagram: @pierreniney)

Articles Mentioned:

Windey, Flo. “REVIEW: A Walk Through Brussels with Angèle's Debut Album Brol.” Enfnts Terrible, October 5, 2018. https://enfntsterribles.com/brussels-angele-brol-album-review-flo-windey/

Transition music by Marianna Krumrine

In Episode 3, you will learn about the #BalanceTonPorc movement in France.

A full list of sources for this episode can be found at societyofsoundpodcast.com/sources

Exceptionally notable resources for this episode:

-The letter in Le Monde: 

   (French) https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2018/01/09/nous-defendons-une-liberte-d-importuner-indispensable-a-la-liberte-sexuelle_5239134_3232.html

   (English in the NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/movies/catherine-deneuve-and-others-denounce-the-metoo-movement.html

-Sarah Jaffe’s “The Collective Power of #MeToo” - https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/collective-power-of-me-too-organizing-justice-patriarchy-class

-Murat, Laure. Une révolution sexuelle?: réflexions sur l'après-Weinstein. Stock, 2018.

-Réjane Sénac’s “Ne nous libérez pas, l’égalité va s’en charger.” Le Nouveau Magazine Littéraire, January 10, 2018. https://www.nouveau-magazine-litteraire.com/idees/ne-nous-lib%C3%A9rez-pas-l%C3%A9galit%C3%A9-va-sen-charger

Transition music by Marianna Krumrine.

In Episode 2, you will learn about the background of the #MeToo movement in the United States.

Sources for this episode can be found at societyofsoundpodcast.com/sources

A notable resources for this episode is Ashwini Tambe’s article “Reckoning with the Silences of #MeToo,” which is published in Feminist Studies Vol. 44, No. 1 (2018) pp. 197-203. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.15767/feministstudies.44.1.0197

Transition music by Marianna Krumrine.

Meows by Dawn the cat ;)

In this first episode, you will learn about how the host Marianna came to learn about the music of #MeToo movement in France.

Transition music by Marianna Krumrine. 

Sources for this episode can be found in the "sources" page of societyofsoundpodcast.com