Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke The Binary

"Popular music has long provided a space for challenging gender norms and essentialism; think Little Richard, David Bowie, Wendy Carlos or Janelle Monáe. In Glitter Up the Dark, critic Sasha Geffen traces this history of gender fluidity in popular music and argues that these transgressions aren’t incidental. From disco to techno, punk rock to hip-hop, Geffen digs deep to explore the way popular music can facilitate exchange between listeners and performers, loosening the grip of gender roles and providing fertile ground for asking questions, seeking liberation and creating change."