If M.I.A. is the Gayatri Spivak of
pop music (cf. the-now-defunct Stylus;
the Fork; and
the Dean himself, Robert
Christgau),
then could her new protégé Rye Rye become its
Judith
Butler?
All of this is to say: is it me or is politicized pop music much
more playful and
rewarding today than when Rage Against the Machine used to
grimace and name-check
Frantz Fanon?
