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There Are No Girls on the Internet

Missy Elliott: Digital Innovator

There Are No Girls on the Internet

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Technology

4.1905 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Let's take a little break from the depressing newscycle and talk about the iconic Missy Elliott and how she's been changing the digital game since the very beginning. 

Check out the video for The Rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHcyJPTTn9w

“Supa Dupa Fly: Black Women as Cyborgs in Hiphop Videos" by Dr. Shaviro: http://www.shaviro.com/Othertexts/MissyKim.pdf

"Missy Elliott" with Margot and Richie Tenenbaum, Halloween 2008: https://www.tangoti.com/episode-12-missy-elliott-digital-innovator

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0:00.0

Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.

0:05.8

Oh yeah.

0:06.6

Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular audiobook titles, including romanticity,

0:15.3

autobiographies, true crime, and more.

0:19.3

Suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic

0:21.5

or even missing their flight.

0:23.4

Amazon Music Unlimited

0:24.4

now includes Audible.

0:25.8

No way.

0:26.4

Download the Amazon Music app

0:27.8

now to start listening.

0:29.2

Terms apply.

0:33.9

There are no girls on the internet

0:35.3

as a production of IHeart Radio

0:36.7

and Unbossed Creative.

0:42.3

I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.

0:47.3

Prince, David Bowie, Les Paul.

0:50.3

When we think about the intersection of tech innovation and music, it's not difficult to think

0:56.1

about men who fit the bill. But what about all the female digital visionaries and their impact on music?

1:02.5

Enter Melissa Arnette Elliott, also known as Missy Elliott. Okay, so some of y'all might be thinking

1:09.6

that maybe this whole episode is just an

1:12.0

excuse for me to take a little break from the depressing news cycle and talk about my love

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