Bates Life

Candid portraits of everyday student life at Bates College

At the risk of sounding like Tipper Gore…

“I just don’t understand how some artists get recording contracts.  After dinner tonight, as we all sat around sipping our coffee, we began talking about gendered labels and how we each felt about specific terms like “lady” “guys” “girls” etc.  The term “biddy” was mentioned and then the term “broad”.  One of us questioned whether “biddy” was used often in contemporary songs and so we turned to the laptop, switched off the Air and our licentious music exploration began.” Read more as Steph invites you into an intriguing conversation with her Bates friends HERE.