Hip Hop Pedagogy and the #HotGirlSemester Accompaniment

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 1:45 pm - Gold 2
  In Roundtable Session: Black Feminism, Voice, and Hip Hop Praxis

Abstract

This presentation introduces the #HotGirlSemesterSyllabus (Overby et al., 2024) and the #HotGirlSemesterSyllabus Accompaniment and celebrates Megan Thee Stallion’s (Megan Pete) artistry as critical pedagogy centering and empowering Black women. Covering an eight-week term, the syllabus includes guiding questions, readings, and multimedia resources exploring the Hot Girl through Black feminist (Collins, 1990, 2000, 2008, 2022) and hip hop feminist (Morgan, 1999) lenses and scholarship. I envision using the syllabus in a First Year Experience, Gender Studies, or African American Studies course titled “Southern Black Feminist Poet(ic)s”, where “poet(ic)s” reflects the intersection of artistry, theory, and praxis and underscores the study of the poet as an artist.

Author

• Qiana Cutts Givens, Mississippi State University