If you're trying to come up with a name for your band, you need something that sticks. Meet Black Pussy.
Feminists aren't amused.
Black feminists are even less amused.
Uh, okay. I'm not black, so I can't relate. But I love feminists because they're so entertaining. And any band that calls themselves Black Pussy gets a big thumbs up in my book, no matter how good or bad their music is.
Feminists aren't amused.
"It’s a passive advertisement for violence.
To take a really explicit name like that just says, hey, we don’t give a shit about you and the safety that you feel on the street every day. We just want to exploit it."
Black feminists are even less amused.
“The whole point of being a black person in this country is being owned,” Carrington said, “When white people talk about racism, they think about skin color. But what makes you a black person in the U.S. is that at some point in your history, your family was owned by someone else. The name of this band cannot be separated from that.”
“Whether the criticisms are about Iggy Azalea or Macklemore or this, it’s like—hey white people, we know what you are doing. We live black culture and identity. We live with it every day and we know what it means,” said Carrington, “White people own our culture and artifacts but they don’t understand it. And that’s one of the most infuriating things about being a black person in this country.”
Uh, okay. I'm not black, so I can't relate. But I love feminists because they're so entertaining. And any band that calls themselves Black Pussy gets a big thumbs up in my book, no matter how good or bad their music is.