Comments on: Technotronic’s Ya-Kid K: So Black and So Gay! http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/ Writer. Journalist. Activist. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: juanita http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-5066 juanita Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:25:41 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-5066 I WISH YA KID K WAS GAY! I used to have a crush on her when I was little and I still think she's rockin'..... You go Kenyon!! I totally agree with everything you said! The haters can kiss off :-P GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! I WISH YA KID K WAS GAY! I used to have a crush on her when I was little and I still think she’s rockin’…..

You go Kenyon!! I totally agree with everything you said! The haters can kiss off :-P

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE!

]]> By: Chris http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4905 Chris Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:51:08 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4905 So I was wondering, is Ya Kid K gay? Ha jk, but I will say that I'm surprised to find out she's not. I definitely grew up thinking she was as gay as gay is Queen Latifah. So I was wondering, is Ya Kid K gay?

Ha jk, but I will say that I’m surprised to find out she’s not. I definitely grew up thinking she was as gay as gay is Queen Latifah.

]]> By: dread@dkontrolz http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4852 dread@dkontrolz Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:54:42 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4852 I met Manuela {Ya Kid}@ House of Sound(C & C music) in the late nineties didnt strike me as gay at all just a pretty, family oriented grounded woman .360 onelove onewhirl I met Manuela {Ya Kid}@ House of Sound(C & C music) in the late nineties didnt strike me as gay at all just a pretty, family oriented grounded woman .360 onelove
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]]> By: diana http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4847 diana Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:37:23 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4847 k, you have the patience of a saint! k, you have the patience of a saint!

]]> By: straight http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4846 straight Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:09:44 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4846 Ya Kid K aint black and gay. Ya Kid K is hip-hop hooray! Ya Kid K aint black and gay. Ya Kid K is hip-hop hooray!

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4845 Kenyon Farrow Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:07:08 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4845 There you have it. I just wanted you to get to exactly what you think about gay people. You could hardly read this blog on a regular basis and say I am obsessed with who's gay and who isn't. But I am glad that you've gotten all that hostility off your chest. You're clearly feeling some type of way about it. Hope that made you feel better. There you have it. I just wanted you to get to exactly what you think about gay people. You could hardly read this blog on a regular basis and say I am obsessed with who’s gay and who isn’t. But I am glad that you’ve gotten all that hostility off your chest. You’re clearly feeling some type of way about it. Hope that made you feel better.

]]> By: straight http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4844 straight Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:54:39 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4844 Me and you are on two different wavelengths. I didn't say you were outing anyone. I said don't call her gay cause she aint having kids with a woman and her mode of dress had nothing to do with sexuality. If i didn't stumble upon this blog while searching the web for stuff on technotronic, i would never know that people exists who got time to make a list of who's dressing gay from straight. Some of you are obsessed with sexuality. 100 thousand gay people could walk by me and i couldn't tell who's gay from who's straight base on their dress mode. simply not a priority of mine. but i'm almost sure you could point out all the gay ones, and even mistake some straight people for being gay too, cause everything in your life is gay and you need to validate your identity and lifestyle by pointing out popular personalities and saying this one looks gay, dress gay or behaves gay. Enough already. Me and you are on two different wavelengths. I didn’t say you were outing anyone. I said don’t call her gay cause she aint having kids with a woman and her mode of dress had nothing to do with sexuality. If i didn’t stumble upon this blog while searching the web for stuff on technotronic, i would never know that people exists who got time to make a list of who’s dressing gay from straight. Some of you are obsessed with sexuality. 100 thousand gay people could walk by me and i couldn’t tell who’s gay from who’s straight base on their dress mode. simply not a priority of mine. but i’m almost sure you could point out all the gay ones, and even mistake some straight people for being gay too, cause everything in your life is gay and you need to validate your identity and lifestyle by pointing out popular personalities and saying this one looks gay, dress gay or behaves gay. Enough already.

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4843 Kenyon Farrow Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:53:52 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4843 Well if you're straight and don't know any gay people, of course you didn't see it. But i was a kid and my mother read her style as "butch lesbian" as well, whether she was or not. It's kind of like saying that Prince didn't inspire Black gay boys who were looking for representations of themselves through his playing with gender norms and sexuality, whether he was or is actually gay or not. Of course he did! And mind you, I have been doing this series for a year now and I think you're the first person to not understand that I am not necessarily "outing" people, but to talk about the kinds of pop culture icons that inspired Black gay, lesbian, and transgender identities, or who themselves were influenced by it. Jody Watley is straight, but she commented on her own piece here and she got what I was doing, so did Bernadette Cooper in the piece I did on her and Klymaxx. What the hell is your problem? If you're not involved in our community, or don't know any Black queer people, then you obviously have no idea. And mind you, I was ASKED to include Ya Kid K and Technotronic by a queer woman! So because you "don't see it" or just want to reduce it to being about "hip-hop B-boy" culture, doesn't mean those same cultural cues did not signify another option to other people. It's like saying Marlene Deitrich dressing in a man's suit while performing was "only" because she was involved in jazz, and dressing to be a part of jazz culture because that is how they dressed back then. Or that butch lesbians didn't read that performance as a viable option out of a traditional femme identity. Are you fucking kidding me? Well if you’re straight and don’t know any gay people, of course you didn’t see it. But i was a kid and my mother read her style as “butch lesbian” as well, whether she was or not.

It’s kind of like saying that Prince didn’t inspire Black gay boys who were looking for representations of themselves through his playing with gender norms and sexuality, whether he was or is actually gay or not. Of course he did!

And mind you, I have been doing this series for a year now and I think you’re the first person to not understand that I am not necessarily “outing” people, but to talk about the kinds of pop culture icons that inspired Black gay, lesbian, and transgender identities, or who themselves were influenced by it. Jody Watley is straight, but she commented on her own piece here and she got what I was doing, so did Bernadette Cooper in the piece I did on her and Klymaxx. What the hell is your problem? If you’re not involved in our community, or don’t know any Black queer people, then you obviously have no idea. And mind you, I was ASKED to include Ya Kid K and Technotronic by a queer woman! So because you “don’t see it” or just want to reduce it to being about “hip-hop B-boy” culture, doesn’t mean those same cultural cues did not signify another option to other people.

It’s like saying Marlene Deitrich dressing in a man’s suit while performing was “only” because she was involved in jazz, and dressing to be a part of jazz culture because that is how they dressed back then. Or that butch lesbians didn’t read that performance as a viable option out of a traditional femme identity. Are you fucking kidding me?

]]> By: straight http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4842 straight Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:39:25 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4842 Technotronic’s Ya-Kid K: So Black and So Gay! That's the title of the post. You may only meant fashion wise, but i still disagree. Aint nothing "butch aesthetic" about that. Back in the 90's when i first saw her on TV, i didn't know of any word called "butch," - maybe i was too young and naive, but "lesbian" didn't cross mind either. That's "tomboy aesthetic," and still that's all i see. A girl in a pair of pants and a t-shirt, with a cap flipped backwards. what's "gay" or "butch" about that? She was into the rap and break dancing culture so maybe that's what influenced her dress mode. Hanging with the crew you gotta blend in right? No skirts, lipstick and bangles around here. Just MCs and b-boys. Aint no different than the women in the army out in the battlefield. To be taken seriously in certain endeavours you gotta be "one of the guys". You dress like us, you walk like us and you talk like us. And that's the way it is. Nothin gay. Technotronic’s Ya-Kid K: So Black and So Gay! That’s the title of the post. You may only meant fashion wise, but i still disagree. Aint nothing “butch aesthetic” about that. Back in the 90′s when i first saw her on TV, i didn’t know of any word called “butch,” – maybe i was too young and naive, but “lesbian” didn’t cross mind either. That’s “tomboy aesthetic,” and still that’s all i see. A girl in a pair of pants and a t-shirt, with a cap flipped backwards. what’s “gay” or “butch” about that?

She was into the rap and break dancing culture so maybe that’s what influenced her dress mode. Hanging with the crew you gotta blend in right? No skirts, lipstick and bangles around here. Just MCs and b-boys. Aint no different than the women in the army out in the battlefield. To be taken seriously in certain endeavours you gotta be “one of the guys”. You dress like us, you walk like us and you talk like us. And that’s the way it is. Nothin gay.

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/10/06/technotronics-ya-kid-k-so-black-and-so-gay/#comment-4841 Kenyon Farrow Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:17:49 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-4841 As I stated in the blog post, "Ya Kid K was one of the first women to rock a butch hip-hop effect in pop music, inspiring many Black and Latina butch dykes across the country, if not the world!" I know she's married with kids. But if you had read more carefully, I was saying she inspired a certain generation of butch aesthetic in the Lesbian community. So before you tell me to "stop" doing anything, make sure you actually understand what I was saying. As I stated in the blog post, “Ya Kid K was one of the first women to rock a butch hip-hop effect in pop music, inspiring many Black and Latina butch dykes across the country, if not the world!”

I know she’s married with kids. But if you had read more carefully, I was saying she inspired a certain generation of butch aesthetic in the Lesbian community. So before you tell me to “stop” doing anything, make sure you actually understand what I was saying.

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