Have you ever actually listened to the lyrics of a song? Most of the time, I find myself focused on the beat or the instrumental genius, throwing the lyrics aside. But when you actually take a listen to the lyrics of most songs today, it becomes rather clear how they became hits. Going through countless ...
From rap to pop to country, the music industry is guilty of playing the double standard game. Sex appeal is still overshadowing the most talented female musicians. We’ve seen it all before. Rap stars are thugs, pimps and bros. Women are sluts, skanks and hoes. This seems like an old conversation, one that has been ...
I started this post wanting to trash Lady Gaga. I can’t understand all the unconditional love (especially the folks at Jezebel, for whom feminism is a job), the flattering comparisons to other musicians, the obvious fashion-marketing-ploy-turned-philosophy. In other words, it would be very easy for me to hate her. It would be even easier if ...
Dancing and music videos go together like Fred and Ginger. Janet Jackson lead the rhythm nation and Britney Spears followed in her choreographed steps. But the women of the noughties are falling short, preferring poses to fancy footwork. But less dancing can only lead to better music. Hortense from Jezebel is saddened by this state ...
It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
