Hot Girl Summer Kyesha Jennings

Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 12:01 a.m.

How are Black women using social media to develop community and identity? In episode 85 we talk with Kyesha Jennings from North Carolina State University Department of English about her analysis of what the wildly popular meme "hot girl summer" - drawn from lyrics by hip-hop phenomenon, Megan Thee Stallion - tells us about changes in the ways in which Black women cultivate community in digital spaces. Her open access article \u201cCity Girls, hot girls and the re-imagining of Black women in hip hop and digital spaces,\u201d was published on June 1st 2020, in the journal, Global Hip Hop Studies.\n\nHot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha Jennings\xa0Hot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha JenningsHot Girl Summer - Kyesha Jennings {{svg_share_icon}}Click bottom of waveform to add your commentsSubscribe: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | RSS jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap7667 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",playfrom:"off",default_volume:"default",disable_scrub:"off",soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"alternate",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "FF4C65",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"7667",embed_code:""\n,enable_embed_button:"on",php_retriever:"https://www.parsingscience.org/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_7667_138",settings_ap7667); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); \n\xa0\nWebsites and other resources\n\n\t\n\n\tTwitter posts tagged #hotgirlsummer\n\tKyesha on Twitter and her NC State faculty profile\n\tKyesha on NPR: The Sophistiratchet Scholar\n\tMegan Thee Stallion on Twitter\n\tMegan Thee Stallion's "Don't Stop" scholarships\n\n\n\nSelect media and press\n\xa0\n\n div.altmetric-embed {flex-shrink: 2; -webkit-flex-shrink: 2;} \n\xa0\n\ufeff\n\nBonus Clips\n\n\nClips available include ...\nFull episode with available download\nMore coming soon\n\n\n\U0001f50a Access bonus content here.\n\nSupport us for as little as $1 per month at Patreon. Cancel anytime.\nWe\u2019re not a registered tax-exempt organization, so unfortunately gifts aren't tax deductible.\nHosts / Producers\nRyan Watkins & Doug Leigh\nHow to Cite\nWatkins, R., Leigh, D., & Jennings, K.. (2020).\xa0Parsing Science - Hot Girl Summer. doi:\xa0 10.6084/m9.figshare.13096718\n\xa0\nMusic\nWhat\u2019s The Angle? by Shane Ivers\nTranscript\nComing soon!