about
Herstory in 3 parts: Repeat, Remove, Create is the new conceptual collaborative music project created by polemica.
Herstory contains diverse perspectives, and many levels of visibility and invisibility. Like all histories, it is too often written by those in power, those who did not and cannot make herstory.
Herstory in 3 parts is a musical reflection on the repetition, removal and creation of herstory using music as the tool for the discourse and collaboration as the method to expand the reflection. We all know the music industry is dominated by the patriarchy. We choose to block or subvert this imbalance wherever and however we can, not just for herstory, but for all *stories not created by dominance and abuse of power.
We are grateful to all the people who joined the project and collaborated on the compositions, and look forward to working together again…and again.
And to our listeners:
We welcome your commentary and invite you to join the conversation, with us, or in your own community.
First step, listen.
lyrics
REPEAT
here we go
here we go again
guarding the right to choose
surviving abuse
trafficked, bought and sold
shamed for getting old
more mansplaining
equal pay dreaming
judged by what we wear
finding fair is rare
hidden behind men
asking why not when
trapped by glass above
bashed for who we love
here we go
here we go again
excerpt from The Macho Paradox: why some men hurt women and how all men can help
by Jackson Katz
Hold my keys as a potential weapon.
Look in the back seat of the car before getting in.
Lock all the windows when I sleep.
Don't put my drink down and come back to it.
Own a big dog. Carry Mace or pepper spray.
Have an unlisted phone number.
Have a man's voice on my answering machine.
Park in well-lighted areas.
Vary my route home from work.
Watch what I wear.
Don't wear headphones when jogging.
Avoid forests or wooded areas.
Go out in groups.
Don't make eye contact with men on the street
or make assertive eye contact with men on the street.
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REMOVE
we see you
we hear you
we remember
Enheduanna
Queen Hatshepsut
Mahapajapati
Hazrat Khadija
Umm‘ Ammara
Murasaki Shikibu
Trota di Salerno
Rani Durgavati
Catalina de Erauso
Artemisia Gentileschi
Clara Peeters
Aphra Behn
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Emilie du Chatelet
Laura Bassi
Anne Seymour Damer
Olympe de Gouges
Nannerl Mozart
Harriet Jacobs
Ada Lovelace
Frances Thompson
Kate Sheppard
Nettie Stevens
Elizabeth Magie
Alice Guy-Blaché
Lise Meitner
Alla Nazimova
Maymie De Mena
Margaret Sanger
He-Yin Zhen
Elizabeth O’Farrell
Cecilia Payne
Marion “Joe” Carstairs
Zelda Fitzgerald
Pauli Murray
Irena Sendler
Chien-Shiung Wu
Dorothy Irene Height
Billy Tipton
Rosalind Franklin
Marthe Gautier
Margaret Keane
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Asma Jahangir
we remember
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CREATE
what do we do to make herstory, when
there’s so little of it to see
wonder, imagine, resist and defend
be extraordinary
above all, we must share our value and worth
ignore patriarchal decree
no one’s life is determined at birth
so, be extraordinary
yeah, be extraordinary
and make herstory ourstory
it can be easy to feel the victim
in competition with he
but there’s no need for comparison
when you’re extraordinary
be extraordinary
and make herstory ourstory
slowly we rise from the shadows, and then
all division will cease
until and beyond this for us will happen
so, be extraordinary
yeah, be extraordinary
and make herstory ourstory
credits
from
Herstory in 3 parts: Repeat, Remove, Create,
track released April 30, 2020
Herstory in 3 parts:
REPEAT
Polemica
SummerSpring
Ami Yoshida & YukoNexus6
REMOVE
Polemica
Amy Denio
Jacopo Andreini
stromboli
trotz-alledem-schau-dich-um
Z.A.P. with Romy Brock, Julius Burger and Jörg-Peter Salge
CREATE
Polemica
Valeria Agrimi
recorded and compiled 2019-2020
mixing and mastering: Polemica
graphics and video: Polemica
Polemica: Hilary Binder: voice
Zilvio: guitar and synth
Giulio Marino: bass
Vincenzo "Vik" Di Santo: drums
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