Shilpa Ray - Bootlickers of the Patriarchy 7" Nicole Mitchell

Nicole Mitchell

Lyrics are more direct than on past records

"The music is yours

Darius Jones (alto saxophone)

Reductionist classifications like Free Jazz

Shilpa Ray - Bootlickers of the Patriarchy 7" Nicole MitchellBootlickers of the Patriarchy by Shilpa Ray"'Bootlickers of the Patriarchy' was written about Senator Susan Collins and her infamous press conference after the Kavanaugh Blasey Ford hearings. Its about women who succeed from undermining the success of other women or choose to gain success from exploiting the oppression of other women. This is a character who has taken many forms throughout history, the kind of woman who seems perfectly content playing