Pop songs by independent women encode consciousness deflated under capitalist realism

Evidence

Yet I think it far more productive to hear these songs in the same way that we attend to the accounts in Silva’s book. These are examples of consciousness deflated, which have important lessons to communicate to anyone seeking to dismantle capitalist realism. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1378

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Fisher’s broader ‘capitalist realism’ thesis and the reading of seemingly complicit texts for deflated consciousness rather than dismissing them. — connects to: Pop music’s stagnation mirrors politics’ collapse into administering capitalism — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1279; Destranged music culture conditions acceptance of capitalist ordinariness. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 71; Hip-hop authenticity claims encode a depoliticised acceptance of capitalist reality — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1536
• SEED: Angles: how archly ‘neoliberal’ pop songs (No Scrubs, Bills Bills Bills) can be read as records of crushed aspiration rather than celebrations of the market.

Broader Connections

• Hip-hop authenticity claims encode a depoliticised acceptance of capitalist reality #corroborates (0.74) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1536
• Destranged music culture conditions acceptance of capitalist ordinariness. #complicates (0.72) — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 71