{"id":237,"date":"2016-03-23T20:18:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalfeministcollective.net\/?p=237"},"modified":"2017-11-20T22:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T22:30:08","slug":"musical-cliteracy-the-clitoris-and-womyns-herstory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalfeministcollective.net\/index.php\/2016\/03\/23\/musical-cliteracy-the-clitoris-and-womyns-herstory\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Cliteracy: The Clitoris and Womyn’s Herstory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Musical Cliteracy: The Clitoris and Womyn’s Herstory<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mary Catherine Lawler<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Dorian Electra and Refinery29’s music video on becoming “cliterate” touches on Freud, Master’s and Johnson, and why women were tortured and killed for being “witches” (read: engaged in sexual pleasure).<\/p>\n

While the pastiche pop, over-the-top aesthetic calls to mind a Barbie dreamhouse vibe and ’90s style, with props like a hot pink plastic flat clitoris held up by a carefully poised clear plastic hand, the retro feel infuses the video with a historical distance to the present that forces the viewer to think about how the clitoris and female pleasure are categorized and discussed today.<\/p>\n

By making visible a part of the body normally hooded from view, Refinery29 and Dorian Electra expose the patriarchal discourse around the visibility of pleasure and gender. Additionall<\/p>\n

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