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Amanda Palmer performing and speaking about Lady Gaga. Ends short, but I found it interesting hearing Amanda Palmer speaking about someone we are studying so heavily right now. 

Amanda Palmer gave this TED talk on crowdsharing and the way she interacts with her fans. This sheds light on our discussion of Amanda Palmer's practices of hiring musicians without paying them and asking fans for help in funding her music. I thought it was particularly interesting to see her reasoning and perspective behind what so many writers have criticized her for.

"LOOK BOOBS! And even more tantalizing: LOOK HANNAH MONTANA BOOBS!" Amanda Palmer decides to write a open letter to Sinead after Sinead writes one to Miley. In it Palmer praises women to try as many fashion decisions as they would like because it is their choice. 

Amanda Palmer's response to the Daily Mail coverage that we discussed and showed in class

Indy Pop musician Amanda Palmer responds to Sinead O'Connor's open letter to Miley Cyrus, arguing that we have to build a world where women can make their own decisions.

Folk singer Raina Rose writes an open letter to Miley Cyrus, Sinead O'Connor, and Amanda Palmer, showing appreciation for the dialogue they're having (in words and visually) and admiring them as "outspoken, powerful, talented" women.

An article about Amanda Palmer's fan-funded album, and as the title says, her accidental experiment with real communism.

An interview with Amanda Palmer, in which (towards the end) she responds to the New Yorker's article about her Kickstarter campaign.  

The music video for Amanda Palmer's 'Ampersand', and I thought of it as a comparison to Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball' - in both, the singers strip down to show vulnerability.  The difference is that Cyrus's is overly sexual, and Palmer's has a distinct lack of sexuality to her nakedness.

Today, Amanda Palmer, will.i.am, Zoe Keating, Imogen Heap, and Scooter Braun(creator of Justin Bieber) with addition to music platforms Spotify, Vevo, Songkick, will be debating if technology has killed the music industry. 

This is a parody of "Blurred Lines" mocking Amanda Bynes, performed by three drag queens (Detox, Willam Belli, and Vicky Vox).

She talks about being a self-employed human statue. At 9:00 she speaks about her crowd funding.