Caitlin on the Move!

 The question I decided to go with was "are there gender norms in each of these cultures"... a few ideas came to me while reading over this question. Not only is gender stereotyped everyday by people while they see others do music the way they do it, but it is also equally stereotyped by the people making the music.  Like said in my previous blog I grew up listening to a good bit of R&B as I got older, I started listening to a lot more other genres like rap, indie, country, etc. Not too long ago was I told by my guy friend that he felt like women rapping sounded "horrible" and that women should not do rap songs. Yes, I'm sure others might agree with this comment, but this comment was not needed to be put out there. You are able to not like certain rap and not like the people who do that specific genre, but they completely talked down all women saying they were all horrible at rap when that is not always the case. There have even been times that I am told by ...

Hello everyone! For those who do not know me, I am Caitlin Michelangelo and am a freshman here at Converse University. I grew up in somewhat of a small town just an hour south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now you may be asking what made me go 8 hours away from home? Well running did! I am a part of the cross country and track team. I have been running ever since the summer of 7th grade. I do not have much music experience other than the year of taking piano lessons when I was younger. Although I do not have much experience, I am pretty much listening to music anytime of the day no matter what I am doing. I have always wanted to play the violin growing up, but I have been in sports instead my whole life. I did dance for 10 years and once I hit high school, I stuck with running and joined the soccer team and swim team. I am the youngest with two older brothers and I am a huge cat lover, thrifter and love doing anything adventurous.  (Picture of me☺)         -...