This is a podcast on Janelle Monae’s rise to being a respected artist, not only as a creator but as a queer, black woman and how she came to identify as pansexual and how she wants to give a voice to those who feel they do not have one through her music and her persona. Janelle Monae’s song, “Make Me Feel” is a celebratory song to feel free, no matter who you are, where you are in your life, to control the narrative of yourself and your body.

This podcast was completed by me, C.McHugh, for Popular Music, Protest, and Social Justice at Saint Joseph's University, taught by Dr. Bill Wolff. Since this work is created for a class, it falls under Fair Use Guidelines and within the exemptions to DMCA Section 1201 rules announced by the Library of Congress on July 26, 2010.

For information about the course Popular Music, Protest, and Social Justice course at St. Joseph's University please visit http://williamwolff.org/courses/pmpsj-spring-2021/ and for more information on this assignment please visit https://bit.ly/protest-anthems. This podcast was created using Audacity audio software.

Full list of sources used for this project: 
Aghoro, Nathalie. "Agency in the Afrofuturist Ontologies of Erykah Badu and Janelle Monáe" Open Cultural Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2018, pp. 330-340. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0030
Wortham, Jenna. “How Janelle Monae Found Her Voice.” New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/magazine/how-janelle-monae-found-her-voice.html.
Savage, Mark. “Janelle Monae Reflects on How the Media Covered Her Coming out as Pansexual.” BBC News, 3 May 2018, www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43987599.
Borge, Jonathan. “Fans Are Hailing Janelle Monae's ‘Make Me Feel’ Music Video as a Bisexual Anthem- Here's Why.” InStyle, 23 Feb. 2018, www.instyle.com/news/janelle-monae-make-me-feel-music-video-bisexual-anthem.
Gross, Terry. “Janelle Monae Wants to Represent The Underdog - In Music And Onscreen.” National Public Radio, 18 May 2020, www.npr.org/2020/05/18/856841290/janelle-mon-e-wants-to-represent-the-underdog-in-music-and-onscreen. Accessed 24 Mar. 2021
Nickisch, Curt. “Life's Work: An Interview with Janelle Monae.” Harvard Business Review, no. September-October 2020, 2020, hbr.org/2020/09/lifes-work-an-interview-with-janelle-monae. Accessed 25 Mar. 2021.
Clifton, Derrick. “Janelle Monae's ‘Dirty Computer’ Delivers a Black, Feminist, and Queer Vision of Freedom.” Them., 14 Apr. 2018, www.them.us/story/janelle-monaes-dirty-computer-delivers-a-black-feminist-and-queer-vision-of-freedom.
Yang, Rachel. “Janelle Monae Opens Up About Being a 'Queer Black Woman'.” Variety, 8 Feb. 2019, variety.com/2019/music/news/janelle-monae-opens-up-about-being-a-queer-black-woman-1203133363/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGLkRG89p00
https://open.spotify.com/track/5gW5dSy3vXJxgzma4rQuzH?si=PAjmN9_yT8WQmV8bubERnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uWA4CPSx8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baw5GXBLmjc
https://www.gq.com/story/janelle-monae-just-dropped-two-incredible-music-videos

To find a full transcript of this podcast please visit http://protestanthems.billwolffsju.com/podcasts/make-me-feel-final-podcast/

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