Mr. Lady Records

Mr. Lady Records
Founded1996
FounderKaia Wilson
Tammy Rae Carland
Defunct2004
StatusDefunct
GenreFeminist
Country of originUnited States
LocationDurham, North Carolina
San Francisco, California

Mr. Lady Records (or Mr. Lady Records and Video) was a San Francisco-based lesbian-feminist independent record label and video art distributor.[1] Artists on the label included Le Tigre[2] and The Butchies.[3] OutSmart magazine noted that Mr. Lady was "queercore's strongest label."[4]

The label was founded in 1996 in Durham, North Carolina by musician Kaia Wilson and artist/UNC photography professor Tammy Rae Carland,[5] aiming to redress what they saw as a lack of feminist record labels at the time.[6] As well as a range of recording artists, the label was also heavily involved in other events that promoted feminist thinking and music, such as the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival – which led to some controversy in 1999 – and various art showcases.[7][8] Mr. Lady closed down in June 2004.[9]

  1. ^ "Mr. Lady Presents". Sound Unseen Music Festival. Archived from the original on November 27, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-10. (Press release of a 2001 art show at the Weisman Art Museum)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference le tigre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference butchies was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Sill, Chris (2002). "Queer to the Core". OutSmart Magazine. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
  5. ^ White, David (2001-06-19). "A home for homocore". The Advocate. via Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2005-04-26. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference mrladyinfo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference mwmf_faq was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference sister was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Taratoot, Cori (6 October 2004). "Don't you stop: an interview with Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna". Pop Matters.