Cant Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono Hirsch Lily E.
Cant Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono Hirsch Lily E. Words and labels can hurt us all. From stars like Britney Spears and Mariah Carey to classic…
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Cant Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono Hirsch Lily E.
Words and labels can hurt us all. From stars like Britney Spears and Mariah Carey to classic icons like Yoko Ono, female musicians have long been the target of double standards and toxic labels in the media and pop culture: liar, crazy, snake, diva, slut, b*tch. And for many female musicians, the wounds are everywhere.
Lily Hirsch confronts the full range of this sexist labeling as well as the repercussions, concentrating on the experiences of Yoko Ono, Courtney Love, Britney Spears, FKA twigs, Taylor Swift, Kesha, Mariah Carey, and Ariana Grande, among many others. These words hurt--the popular expression "sticks and stones" is wildly wrong. While men can make outrageous backstage demands, women like Carey are punished as "divas." A sign of supposed genius for men, "crazy" is a word of condemnation for many women--with legal ramifications in Spears' case.
Hirsch dives into the world of