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Thursday, June 23, 2011

LGBTQITSLFA You're Doing It Wrong, Sexist Queers (and Music Critics)

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM

Robert Ullman

Tacocat bass guitarist Bree McKenna has an idea:

I've always wanted to write a review of a dude band in the same way that some journalists write about my band, Tacocat. Because Tacocat is a band with three girls in it, people say the stupidest shit about us—the same stupid shit they say about all female-dominated bands. My idea is pretty simple: copy any old review of Tacocat but change the band in question to a "regular band" (read: male) to see how it would turn out.

For example, I could write a review of my roommate's oh-so-male quintessential hardcore band Tit Pig. It could start out "Tit Pig is my favorite all-male band." I would, of course, praise them for "just getting out there, they are so cute." I would definitely point out that "it is just so great that they are doing it." Then I would subtly condescend to them by mentioning how long they have been playing their instruments. In the case of Tit Pig, I would definitely slip in that even though singer Sean Evoy hasn't been at it that long, he is just out there giving it his all, trying his hardest. Obviously, I'd need to slyly find a way to slip in that "it doesn't hurt that they are all good-looking dudes."