Web resource:	https://muse.jhu.edu/article/592122
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Asking for it : rape, postfeminism, and alternative music in the 1990s
Authors:	Keenan, Elizabeth K
Keywords:	Social attitudes;Music;Mass media;Women;Media coverage
Year:	2015
Citation:	Vol. 19
Notes:	A brief excerpt of the content: In the spring of 1995, Los Angeles's influential alt-rock station, kroq , added Sublime's song "Date Rape" to its high rotation list. Nestled among more popular acts such as pop-punk Green Day, angry-girl Alanis Morissette, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Nine Inch Nails, Sublime's song was an unusual choice, even in a postgrunge era that was inching ever closer to the mainstream. "Date Rape" plays out over a catchy, major-key, ska-punk rhythm that emphasizes the upbeat and lacks a sense of foreboding. From a detached, third-person point of view, the band's singer, Brad Nowell, recounts the events: A blond-haired, blue-eyed man with a double chin approaches a woman in a bar and, after a few drinks, convinces her to leave with him. When she tries to escape, he rapes her. Nowell sings, quoting the rapist, "If it wasn't for date rape, I'd never get laid." From there, the tale becomes one of retribution: the woman goes to the police, who believe her; the rapist is prosecuted and convicted; finally, he's sentenced to twenty-five years in prison and, in the song's punchline, becomes a victim of rape himself.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13459
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