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On Being a Black Feminist Metalhead

Article by Keidra Chaney, appeared in issue Music; published in 2000; filed under Social commentary; tagged fanzines, hip-hop, metal, music, race, stereotypes.

I’m not sure exactly when or how it happened, but at some point in my childhood I began to think I was a white guy trapped in the body of a black girl. And not just any white guy, either—a guitar player in a heavy-metal band.