Annie:
Quote:It's depressing to see how these performers are so eager to push this new level of low. Their assumption seems to be that misogyny – utilised and displayed through oneself – is totally fine, as long as you are the one creating it. As if it's all justified by how many millions of dollars and YouTube hits you get from behaving like pimp and prostitute at the same time. It's a glorified and monetised form of self harm."
She followed that with a clarification on Sunday. "There is absolutely nothing 'wrong' about our sexuality or sensuality per se. But if a performing artist has an audience of impressionable young fans and they want to present a soft porn video or highly sexualised live performance, then it needs to qualify as such and be X-rated, for adults only. I'm talking from the perspective of the parents of those young fans. The whole thing is about their children's protection … Boundaries need to be put in place so that young kids aren't barraged by market forces exploiting the "normalisation" of explicit sex in underage entertainment."
Musical artists can address this issue with more credibility than the general public. Good to see some are.
Astute comment to the article:
Quote:It's simply down to the fact that since February YouTube plays have counted towards Billboard singles chart positions as well as sales.
No coincidence that since then we've had Blurred Lines, Wrecking Ball and now this Pour It up mess.
It's an arms race to see who can garner the most outrage and it would appear that everyone is falling for it.
