The text mostly focused on queer media in regards to visual media such as television, but queer representation in media is also important in music. One musical artist that I believe connects well to the concept of queer media, as well as to the concept of identity, is Girl In Red. Girl in red is a Norwegian singer song writer who has become pretty popular in the past few years. Some of her most popular songs are about queer romance. One of the reasons I wanted to talk about her music in particular\u00a0 is because of the fact that listening to her is seen as a marker of queer identity or at least lesbian identity to some.\u00a0 As fully explained in the article linked below asking someone if they listened to girl in red became a sort of short hand or way to semi covertly ask someone about their identity. People who didn’t listen to the artist or maybe did not identify as queer would not necessarily get the reference, but those who did would. Not only was girl in red a new artist working to create media for other queer people, but she became a part of greater queer culture and identity. I have also included a link to an interview with the artist where she is asked about being a “queer icon” and a link to one of her songs.<\/p>\n
note: girl in red is not capitalized when used as her stage name, but I capitalized it in a few places to make the sentence\u00a0 a little more readable<\/p>\n