Ayesha A. Siddiqi

  • The Pop Diaspora of M.I.A.

    If MIA is guilty of decontextualization, critics need to understand that decontextualization is the lived experience of an immigrant. The packaging doesn’t undermine the message; it is the message.

  • You, Me, and Chris Brown

    America’s concern over sending a message of tacit approval or even forgiveness of domestic violence motivates a level of vitriol directed toward Brown that provides a case study on the way we shame now.

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