Riot Grrrls, Bitchsm, and pussy power: interview with Reyhan Şahin/Lady Bitch Ray

Reyhan Şahin; Christina Scharff; Carrie Smith-Prei; Maria Stehle

doi:10.1080/14680777.2015.1093136

Riot Grrrls, Bitchsm, and pussy power: interview with Reyhan Şahin/Lady Bitch Ray

Reyhan Şahin^*, Christina Scharff, Carrie Smith-Prei, Maria Stehle

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Abstract

Dr phil. Reyhan Şahin—also known as Lady Bitch Ray—earned her M.A. in Linguistics, German Literature, and Education in 2004 and her doctorate in Linguistics in 2012 at the University of Bremen. Her alter ego, Lady Bitch Ray is a rapper, performer, fashion designer, and author. The following interview introduces Şahin’s work as a performer and as an academic and sheds light on the negotiation of feminist politics in a neoliberal context as well as how the complex politics of difference play out in contemporary, digital feminisms in the German-speaking context. By speaking in two voices, the academic and the performer/artist, the interview emphasizes the playful possibilities of the urgently political.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-127
Number of pages	11
Journal	Feminist Media Studies
Volume	16
Issue number	1
Early online date	23 Oct 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2015.1093136
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

body
digital culture
feminism
German rap
language
performance art
racism
transnationalism
Turkey

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