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ISU - Putting Political Pop into Perspective: Janelle Monáe's "Dirty Computer" and its Emotion Picture

Janelle Monaé - Dirty Computer (2018) Foreword - This Album Is Not Meant For Me      In the Western world, there seems to be some sort of self-imposed rule that every piece of media needs to cater to a primarily straight, white, male audience. That's easy to take for granted sometimes, but this is album is the exception to the rule. Dirty Computer by Janelle Monaé is designed to empower and acknowledge the needs of queer, black, women. Of which I am none. I am aware that not being the target demographic will mean that I can't understand or relate to everything being said here, and I accept that. I think it's good to explore media that isn't for me and try to learn from it. So yes, I understand that I'm not the perfect person to be analyzing and interpreting this album as it's not intended for me, but I'm not trying to claim that I am either. So with that out of the way, let's begin. I won't be doing
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