Annotated Bibliography Essay #3

Essay #3: Hip’s Next Chapter:

Annotated Bibliography

Bosler, Kate. “Andrea Gibson: Nine Questions.” New Era News. n.p., 18 Jan. 2011. Web.

15 April 2011. http://www.neweranews.org/blog/andrea-gibson-nine-questions

With Bosler’s help I will show by using the complexity of the spoken word, Gibson is spreading hip to a new generation. Though her brilliant voice and the power and complexity of language she is making social changes where America feels tension the most. She challenges society and its orthodoxy through her poetry. I will show how this makes Gibson a perfect candidate for hip in the future.

Collins, Meagan. “Spoken Truth: Celebrated Poet Andrea Gibson performs at Smith College.”

            The Mount Holyoke News. n.p., 24 Feb. 2011. Web. 15 April 2011. http://themhnews.org/2011/02/books/spoken-truth%E2%80%88celebrated-poet-andrea-gibson-performs-at-smith-college

Collins writes Gibson reaches out to a large audience from all backgrounds promoting activism through her art. Through the power of language she will create change. Language according to Leland is one of the most powerful ways to get hip’s word out there. I will show how Gibson is using her words to create a new movement from social and political tension in this country. Gibson questions the culture of today and is bringing socially relevant issues to light in order to generate changes in equality and enlighten the masses.

Leland, John. Hip: The History. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. Print.

Leland says, “Gays have been at or near the center of every hip convergence. Their story too begins with movement” (348). By using Leland’s definition of hip I will show how Gibson and Clinton define the next generation and his next chapter of hip through the power of language, challenging orthodoxy, identity, and enlightenment.

Meers, Erik. "The Clinton years." Advocate 832 (2001): 54-56. Academic Search Complete.

            EBSCO. Web. 16 Apr. 2011.

According to Meers no one is safe from Clinton especially politicians. She is not afraid to take on the government, challenge the orthodoxy, and enlighten us all. Clinton has been around for 25 years, she has helped pave the way for others like Gibson, she is hip’s lesbian great aunt.

Ocamb, Karen. "Kate Clinton's Killer Comedy Aim High Hit High. (Cover story)." Lesbian

            News 28.8 (2003): 28. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Apr. 2011.

Ocamb describes Clinton as a “dangerous women.” Clinton speaks the unspeakable and her fearless and stinging humor and culture commentary may just change the world.  This articles gives the background information on a women who understands the power of language and isn’t afraid to use it as a weapon for change. This sixty three year old makes YouTube video’s to get her message of equality to the country, paving the way for the future of hip.

Shah, Anita. “Andrea Gibson to Perform Slam Poetry Tonight.” The Bowdoin Orient. n.p.,

11 Feb. 2011. Web. 15 April 2011. http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2011-02-11&section=4&id=6

Shah’s article is about how Gibson speaks the truth and becomes more than just her identity of a lesbian activist. Some identity is fixed but for Lesbians like Gibson identity has many different forms, this is what makes her hip. No longer will Leland’s book only have one chapter for women, the next chapter will be women like Gibson who cross the boundaries of gender identity.

Stayton, Richard. “Theatre Review: Kate Clinton’s Adult Ed Class On Gay Politics.”

            Los Angeles Times. n.p., 23 July 1993. Web. 15 April 2011. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-07-23/entertainment/ca-15973_1_kate-clinton

Stayton says Clinton is so “hysterical even a homophobe would ask her home.” Clinton uses as form of Leland’s trickster when she asks the country to look across the divide of straight and homosexuality and asks us to understand each other through the power of her words and her use of humor.

Wilkinson, Kathleen. "Kate Clinton. (Cover story)." Lesbian News 31.1 (2005): 22-23.

            Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Apr. 2011.

Wilkinson has written that “Kate Clinton is the lesbian John Stewart.” Of course Clinton being a self described “fumerist” says “Stewart is the straight Kate Clinton.” She has been known to lampoon the lesbian stereotype in her own writings. Like Leland’s hip, or more so like Richard Pryor, she pokes fun at both sides while still making changes in our country when it comes to homosexuals and their rights. This article shows how Clinton is a strong believer in the power of humor to reveal the truth, hip personified.