Beauty is in the eye of the male gaze: DreamDoll, Baby Tate and Doechii

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🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In our latest episode of Louder Than A Riot we look at how the male gaze looms over hip-hop. Those under its watchful eye feel objectified or shamed if they don't give it what it wants to see. We share the stories of three artists who are pushing back on the male gaze in their personal relationships, social interactions and even industry-wide.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, I'm Robin Hilton from NPR Music and today I'm excited to share the third
0:04.1	episode of NPR's new season of louder than a riot with you.
0:08.6	This season louder than a riot is digging into the unwritten rules of rap and the rule
0:13.2	breakers who refuse to play nice.
0:16.5	In this episode, they dig into the ways in which the male gaze body checks women in hip
0:21.6	hop on the regular.
0:23.5	This is the pervasive idea that everything women do must be in service of what straight
0:27.7	men want to see.
0:29.3	And it's definitely not unique to rap, but the most consumed genre in America has excelled
0:34.5	at turning women's bodies into capital like no other.
0:38.7	This week on Latter, we've got three artists, DreamDol, BabyTaid and Dochi.
0:43.3	They've all met the gaze head on and pushed back against having their bodies policed
0:48.0	in very personal and deeply structural ways.
0:51.4	In the process, they've learned how to reclaim their bodies, show them off, and make art
0:56.1	that challenges the status quo.
0:58.6	I hope you enjoy the episode.
1:01.1	A warning before we begin.
1:03.0	This podcast is explicit in every way.
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1:10.2	What interested you in it?
1:11.9	Honestly, what interests me in surgery was I was in a relationship and used to always
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