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In September 2012, Electra released the music video ''Party Milk'', which she describes as an attempt to merge common party scene symbolism with something one would never associate with a party, but that everyone is familiar with in another context.<ref name="Party Milk">{{Cite video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T57hZy7qIPI | title = Party Milk | medium = YouTube | date = 2012-09-08 | accessdate = 2012-10-18 | people = Electra, Dorian; Bush, Wolf; Hong, Lynn (Director) }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Party Milk|url = http://www.aweh.tv/posts/party-milk/full|website = Aweh {{!}} Casual Creative Culture|access-date = 2016-02-09}}</ref>
In September 2012, Electra released the music video ''Party Milk'', which she describes as an attempt to merge common party scene symbolism with something one would never associate with a party, but that everyone is familiar with in another context.<ref name="Party Milk">{{Cite video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T57hZy7qIPI | title = Party Milk | medium = YouTube | date = 2012-09-08 | accessdate = 2012-10-18 | people = Electra, Dorian; Bush, Wolf; Hong, Lynn (Director) }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Party Milk|url = http://www.aweh.tv/posts/party-milk/full|website = Aweh {{!}} Casual Creative Culture|access-date = 2016-02-09}}</ref>


Electra drew criticism from [[Gawker]]'s Maureen Tkacik, who criticized her as an example of "tween indoctrination" with libertarian ideas.<ref>{{Cite web|work=[[Gawker.com]]|author=Moe Tkacik|title=Meet Rapper Dorian Electra Gomberg, the Libertarian Lolita|url=http://gawker.com/5923731/meet-rapper-dorian-electra-gomberg-the-libertarian-lolita|date=2012-07-05}}</ref> In 2013, Electra told The College Fix that she no longer identified as a libertarian.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ershadi|first1=Julie|title=Libertarian Rock Star Dorian Electra Isn’t a Libertarian|url=http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12739/|website=The College Fix|accessdate=11 February 2016|date=February 22, 2013}}</ref>
Electra drew criticism from [[Gawker]]'s Maureen Tkacik, who criticized her as an example of "tween indoctrination" with libertarian ideas.<ref>{{Cite web|work=[[Gawker.com]]|author=Moe Tkacik|title=Meet Rapper Dorian Electra Gomberg, the Libertarian Lolita|url=http://gawker.com/5923731/meet-rapper-dorian-electra-gomberg-the-libertarian-lolita|date=2012-07-05}}</ref> In 2013, Electra told The College Fix that she no longer identified as a libertarian.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ershadi|first1=Julie|title=Libertarian Rock Star Dorian Electra Isn’t a Libertarian|url=http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12739/|website=The College Fix|accessdate=11 February 2016|date=February 22, 2013}}</ref>


In 2014, Electra released a music video called ''What Mary Didn't Know'',<ref name="What Mary Didn't Know"/> based on [[Frank Cameron Jackson|Frank Jackson]]'s philosophical thought experiment of the same name (1986).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jackson|first1=Frank|title=What Mary Didn't Know|journal=The Journal of Philosophy|date=May 1986|volume= 83|issue= 5|pages=291–295|url=http://home.sandiego.edu/~baber/analytic/Jackson.pdf|accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref>
In 2014, Electra released a music video called ''What Mary Didn't Know'',<ref name="What Mary Didn't Know"/> based on [[Frank Cameron Jackson|Frank Jackson]]'s philosophical thought experiment of the same name (1986).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jackson|first1=Frank|title=What Mary Didn't Know|journal=The Journal of Philosophy|date=May 1986|volume= 83|issue= 5|pages=291–295|url=http://home.sandiego.edu/~baber/analytic/Jackson.pdf|accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref>

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Dorian Electra
Birth nameDorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg
Born (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 32)
Houston, Texas
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician, film-maker, visual artist
InstrumentVocals
Years active2009–present
Websitedorianelectra.com

Dorian Electra (born Dorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg, June 25, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, video and performance artist.[1]

Career

Electra first drew national attention in 2010 with the music video I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek,[2] which lauded the philosophy of the Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek and garnered commentary from the modern Austrian theory professor Steven Horwitz.[3]

In 2011 she released two more videos, Roll with the Flow and We Got it 4 Cheap. Both were covered by mainstream political media.[4][5] We Got it 4 Cheap came in second in the Lloyd V. Hackley Endowment's "Supply and Demand Video Contest".[6]

In 2012 she interned at production company Emergent Order.[7][8] Emergent Order had previously published Fear the Boom and Bust, a similarly intellectual, Hayek-oriented rap video.[9][10]

She then produced a new, similarly economics-oriented pop video, FA$T CA$H, with the support of an award from the Moving Picture Institute.[11]

In September 2012, Electra released the music video Party Milk, which she describes as an attempt to merge common party scene symbolism with something one would never associate with a party, but that everyone is familiar with in another context.[12][13]

Electra drew criticism from Gawker's Maureen Tkacik, who criticized her as an example of "tween indoctrination" with libertarian ideas.[14] In 2013, Electra told The College Fix that she no longer identified as a libertarian.[15]

In 2014, Electra released a music video called What Mary Didn't Know,[16] based on Frank Jackson's philosophical thought experiment of the same name (1986).[17]

2015 saw the release of Electra's video Forever Young: A Love Song to Ray Kurzweil, a tribute to the futurist Ray Kurzweil.[18][19]

In 2016 Electra released Ode To The Clitoris on Refinery29 detailing the history of the clitoris from ancient Greece to modern 3D models. [20] In an interview Electra stated it was to "desensitize people to the word CLITORIS and help bring it more into popular consciousness." [21]

Education

Electra graduated from School of the Woods, a Montessori high school in Houston.[7] She attended Shimer College, a Great Books school in Chicago, from 2010-2014.[22]

Videos

  • I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek (2010)
  • Roll with the Flow (2011)
  • WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP (2011)
  • Party Milk[12]
  • Fast Ca$h (2012)
  • What Mary Didn't Know [16]
  • Forever Young: A Love Song To Ray Kurzweil [18]
  • Ode To The Clitoris [23]

References

  1. ^ http://dorianelectra.com/
  2. ^ Electra, Dorian (December 19, 2010). I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  3. ^ Steve Horwitz (July 10, 2012). "This is the Best They Can Do?". Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  4. ^ Veronique de Rugy (October 17, 2011). "More Hayek vs. Keynes". National Review. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  5. ^ Matt Welch (October 17, 2011). "New Hayekian Music/Econ Video: "Roll With the Flow (My Date With Keynes)"". Reason.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  6. ^ Lloyd V. Hackley Endowment (February 1, 2012). "Supply and Demand Video Contest Winners". Fayetteville State University. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Dorian Electra (May 30, 2012). "Dorian Electra's in Texas". Blog.shimer. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  8. ^ Shimer College (April 18, 2012). "2012 SIM Interns". Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  9. ^ Caitlin Kenney (January 25, 2010). "Watch: 'Fear The Boom And Bust'". NPR. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  10. ^ Cindy Perman (February 12, 2010). "'Fear the Boom and Bust': A Rap Anthem for the Economy". CNBC. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  11. ^ "Speakers at the Futures of Entertainment program". Futures of Entertainment. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  12. ^ a b Electra, Dorian; Bush, Wolf; Hong, Lynn (Director) (September 8, 2012). Party Milk (YouTube). Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  13. ^ "Party Milk". Aweh | Casual Creative Culture. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  14. ^ Moe Tkacik (July 5, 2012). "Meet Rapper Dorian Electra Gomberg, the Libertarian Lolita". Gawker.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Ershadi, Julie (February 22, 2013). "Libertarian Rock Star Dorian Electra Isn't a Libertarian". The College Fix. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  16. ^ a b Electra, Dorian (August 29, 2014). "What Mary Didn't Know" (Video). YouTube. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  17. ^ Jackson, Frank (May 1986). "What Mary Didn't Know" (PDF). The Journal of Philosophy. 83 (5): 291–295. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  18. ^ a b Electra, Dorian; Allen, Weston Getto. "Forever Young: A Love Song to Ray Kurzweil". YouTube. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  19. ^ Toobin, Adam. "Singularity Futurist Ray Kurzweil Gets 'Forever Young' Cover He Deserves". Inverse. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  20. ^ http://www.refinery29.com/clitoris-clitopia-music-video
  21. ^ http://www.attn.com/stories/6587/dorian-electra-explains-clitoris-music-video
  22. ^ Electra, Dorian (September 8, 2010). My First Day at Shimer College (YouTube). Chicago, Illinois: Shimer College. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  23. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3E2pBC1R2A

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