Okay so something that I've noticed is robotic imagery being used by certain female singers and in the case of one entertainer(because she is not great singer but the girl can definitely put on a show or at least I enjoy the DVD of her concert). Let me break it down - the evolution of robot imagery as used by female singers . First, Bjork - does anyone remember her video's for
Hunter and then
All is full of love. Then before you know it Al Sharpton is going on TV talking about Beyonce's "RoboHo" outfit as seen in the last bit of
Sweet Dreams/Beautiful Nightmare video. Here we are in 2010 and two new female artist are yet again being inspired by robot imagery and using that image . There's Christina Aguilera as "Bionic Woman"
image via www.dlisted.com
And now Erykah Badu with her "New Amerykah Part 2" album cover , is this supposed to be roboshewarrior in the post Apocalypse era? (I bought "New Ameryah Part 1" , overall it wasn't her best album but I'm excited for New Amerykah after hearing two tracks)
image via www.rap-up.com
Why are these women in the mainstream using the bionic women/robot image? As for now I've been really thinking about it especially since I've been wanting to re-read Donna Haraway's "Cyber-feminism:A manifesto" but I think this is an interesting route being taken by certain female artist in popular culture...
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