http://www.marathonpacks.com/2006/10/slits-slits-tradition/ someone warn the plains! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:04:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.marathonpacks.com/2006/10/slits-slits-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 marathonpacks Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:38:00 +0000 http://174.132.200.226/~marathon/mpax/2006/10/the-slits-slits-tradition.html#comment-1326 but their cover of "I heard it through the grapevine" is so great though. but their cover of “I heard it through the grapevine” is so great though.

]]> http://www.marathonpacks.com/2006/10/slits-slits-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Amy Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:15:00 +0000 http://174.132.200.226/~marathon/mpax/2006/10/the-slits-slits-tradition.html#comment-1324 The Slits are one of those bands I group as interesting to think (and write) about, but not so much fun to listen to--at least at length. Which makes a lot of sense if you consider them as participating in larger feminist art movements (and talk about them in relation to feminist visual artists, writers, filmmakers)that sought to subvert patriarchy (blah blah) by denying pleasure--and pleasantness, obvs. The Slits are one of those bands I group as interesting to think (and write) about, but not so much fun to listen to–at least at length. Which makes a lot of sense if you consider them as participating in larger feminist art movements (and talk about them in relation to feminist visual artists, writers, filmmakers)that sought to subvert patriarchy (blah blah) by denying pleasure–and pleasantness, obvs.

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