Category: Interviews & Research
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History of gender representation and hypersexualisation on covers of Hot Press and Rolling Stone detailed in new research
Recently published research published by the Irish Communications Review, a peer-reviewed media journal from Technological University Dublin, provides a detailed history of gender representation on the covers of two iconic music magazines; Hot Press and Rolling Stone. The research was conducted by Dublin-based journalist and researcher Yvonne Kiely, who is also the features editor of…
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Support in Self Isolation #3: #Stayathome sessions w/ WOB!
Serbian/Irish electronic music producer WOB! launched a series of live streams when Ireland went into near total lockdown in March 2020. He began by interviewing people from Ireland’s music industry, and in session #6 he interviewed Lazer Guided Reporter, A.K.A Yvonne Kiely. I chatted with WOB! about feminism in music, and my own research about…
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Not Bad: new three-day DIY event showcasing West of Ireland music in Galway
Ireland’s music scene has been gifted an innovative live experience for supporting local indie acts, and supporting young people in music. Not Bad is a new music festival, that also aims to showcase music from the west with informal networking opportunities, and runs from November 29 to December 1, 2019, with each day fostering a…
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“It’s just a game that I find exhausting. I think music is in a really dangerous place right now” – Katie O’Neill, Alien She
We live in a strange time in human history. Sex is being redesigned and reprogrammed, our social lives are unfolding in a digital reality while we sit at home, space exploration is tentatively opening up new worlds, celebrity culture, politics, social change, environmental catastrophe, capitalism and technology are morphing into a gelatinous Cronenberg of humanity,…
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Why Sinead O’Connor’s nipple on the cover of Hot Press is a complicated anomaly
In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor featured on the cover of Hot Press depicted nude as a recreation of Madonna & Child. It’s a complicated moment in Irish pop culture
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The cross-cultural branding of artists on the covers of Hot Press and Rolling Stone is a problem
UPDATE: the research that this article is based on has since been published by the Irish Communication Review and can be downloaded here: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/icr/vol17/iss1/5/ CITATION: Kiely, Yvonne (2020) “Music Magazines and Gendered Space: The Representation of Artists on the Covers of Hot Press and Rolling Stone,” Irish Communication Review: Vol. 17: Iss. 1, Article 5.…
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Dead Horse Jive backstage interview at Electric Picnic 2018
Electric Picnic 2018 was jam packed with music and comedy and every kind of weird that you can think of. We had a great weekend, which was made even better when I got to sit down with one of the most exciting rock ‘n’ roll bands in Ireland, Dead Horse Jive. On the Sunday afternoon…
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Nationwide research project to investigate branding, gender and music in Ireland
A new nationwide music research project invites participation, to investigate branding, gender, and music Ireland.
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A site for change: Woman are Boring continue to shift perceptions of women in research
Women are Boring is a digital footprint with a unique agenda – to provide a platform for critical research undertaken by women worldwide. Since 2016, WaB has developed into the nucleus for a very special kind of subversive orbit. Today in 2018 the much loved women’s research website continues to shine a light on the…
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Gender, identity, sexuality and objectification in the music industry: An investigation of Hot Press and Rolling Stone
UPDATE: The research that this article is based on has since been updated to included data for 2017 and has been published by the Irish Communication Review. Download here: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/icr/vol17/iss1/5/ CITATION: Kiely, Yvonne (2020) “Music Magazines and Gendered Space: The Representation of Artists on the Covers of Hot Press and Rolling Stone,” Irish Communication Review:…
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