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zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

the problem has shifted from her initial statement (which i almost completely agreed with) to her reaction and way of handling this, which is very common nowadays. it‘s important to realize this because with these responses the reader kind of loses room for interpretation and the benefit of the doubt. it‘s so tricky because we know the kind of person she is and the initial criticism was definitely unfair and too harsh, especially the tone in which people expressed it which obviously made her react. but now she‘s in this feedback loop where people accused her of being offensive so she‘s starting to actually respond in an offensive way. don‘t get me wrong, i do not want her to be demure now. stand up for yourself. but be relfective and show willingness to listen (which is different from agreeing), which admittedly is hard when so many people critiquing her are downright nasty. i wish she would aknowledge it without being offensively defensive. i‘m not saying this solely bc of pr. i‘ve had my fair share of impulsive social media posts in the past and seldom has good come out of it. it‘s not the only way to authentically express your feelings. one does not have to take the high road, the middle road would be enough. just don‘t stoop low.
i love her and understand her and i have faith she‘ll find a reasonable way to solve this one day, i hope it‘s sooner than later cause career wise she‘s absolutely playing with fire here and i hope she realises this

zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

the problem has shifted from her initial statement (which i almost completely agreed with) to her reaction and way of handling this, which is very common nowadays. it‘s important to realize this because with these responses the reader kind of loses room for interpretation and the benefit of the doubt. it‘s so tricky because we know the kind of person she is and the initial criticism was definitely unfair and too harsh, especially the tone in which people expressed it which obviously made her react. but now she‘s in this feedback loop where people accused her of being offensive so she‘s starting to actually respond in an offensive way. don‘t get me wrong, i do not want her to be demure now. stand up for yourself. but be relfective and show willingness to listen (which is different from agreeing), which admittedly is hard when so many people critiquing her are downright nasty. i wish she would aknowledge it without being offensively defensive. i‘m not saying this solely bc of pr. i‘ve had my fair share of impulsive social media posts in the past and seldom has good come out of it. it‘s not the only way to authentically express your feelings. one does not have to take the high road, the middle road would be enough. just don‘t stoop low.
i love her and understand her and i have faith she‘ll find a reasonable way to solve this one day, i hope it‘s sooner than later cause career wise she‘s absolutely playing with fire here and i hope she realises this

yeah I think we need to remember that Lana is a popular figure in the entertainment industry and their standards are much different than ours. we may feel comfortable being delicate and as a user here put it, "frilly feminists", but in her world she might be aggressively bombarded with demands to be strong and powerful and assertive. her label might push her to be more like the other women on the charts that she mentioned or maybe it's other people in her life doing that. I think her point is valid and I feel like she shouldn't be told "you already have a space here, can't you see? this movement fights for you, too" when maybe that's just not how she sees it and feels. it's early for me and i'm having trouble articulating sorry

the problem has shifted from her initial statement (which i almost completely agreed with) to her reaction and way of handling this, which is very common nowadays. it‘s important to realize this because with these responses the reader kind of loses room for interpretation and the benefit of the doubt. it‘s so tricky because we know the kind of person she is and the initial criticism was definitely unfair and too harsh, especially the tone in which people expressed it which obviously made her react. but now she‘s in this feedback loop where people accused her of being offensive so she‘s starting to actually respond in an offensive way. don‘t get me wrong, i do not want her to be demure now. stand up for yourself. but be relfective and show willingness to listen (which is different from agreeing), which admittedly is hard when so many people critiquing her are downright nasty. i wish she would aknowledge it without being offensively defensive. i‘m not saying this solely bc of pr. i‘ve had my fair share of impulsive social media posts in the past and seldom has good come out of it. it‘s not the only way to authentically express your feelings. one does not have to take the high road, the middle road would be enough. just don‘t stoop low.
i love her and understand her and i have faith she‘ll find a reasonable way to solve this one day, i hope it‘s sooner than later cause career wise she‘s absolutely playing with fire here and i hope she realises this

zara needs to read a book
obviously being soft is something under attack nowadays and worth fighting for? and yes the artistic freedom of women could not be more precisely what feminist liberation is all about?? and in what way does a singular topic like domestic abuse that feminism critiques diminish the question of the agency of women? a society that dictates a woman‘s creative expression based on her gender is a society that dictates a woman‘s romantic expressions based on her gender and subjects her to abuse. different symptoms with different gravities but same origin, especially since lana‘s core argument was that she‘s using her art to process her past abusive relationships

the problem has shifted from her initial statement (which i almost completely agreed with) to her reaction and way of handling this, which is very common nowadays. it‘s important to realize this because with these responses the reader kind of loses room for interpretation and the benefit of the doubt. it‘s so tricky because we know the kind of person she is and the initial criticism was definitely unfair and too harsh, especially the tone in which people expressed it which obviously made her react. but now she‘s in this feedback loop where people accused her of being offensive so she‘s starting to actually respond in an offensive way. don‘t get me wrong, i do not want her to be demure now. stand up for yourself. but be relfective and show willingness to listen (which is different from agreeing), which admittedly is hard when so many people critiquing her are downright nasty. i wish she would aknowledge it without being offensively defensive. i‘m not saying this solely bc of pr. i‘ve had my fair share of impulsive social media posts in the past and seldom has good come out of it. it‘s not the only way to authentically express your feelings. one does not have to take the high road, the middle road would be enough. just don‘t stoop low.
i love her and understand her and i have faith she‘ll find a reasonable way to solve this one day, i hope it‘s sooner than later cause career wise she‘s absolutely playing with fire here and i hope she realises this

the problem has shifted from her initial statement (which i almost completely agreed with) to her reaction and way of handling this, which is very common nowadays. it‘s important to realize this because with these responses the reader kind of loses room for interpretation and the benefit of the doubt. it‘s so tricky because we know the kind of person she is and the initial criticism was definitely unfair and too harsh, especially the tone in which people expressed it which obviously made her react. but now she‘s in this feedback loop where people accused her of being offensive so she‘s starting to actually respond in an offensive way. don‘t get me wrong, i do not want her to be demure now. stand up for yourself. but be relfective and show willingness to listen (which is different from agreeing), which admittedly is hard when so many people critiquing her are downright nasty. i wish she would aknowledge it without being offensively defensive. i‘m not saying this solely bc of pr. i‘ve had my fair share of impulsive social media posts in the past and seldom has good come out of it. it‘s not the only way to authentically express your feelings. one does not have to take the high road, the middle road would be enough. just don‘t stoop low.
i love her and understand her and i have faith she‘ll find a reasonable way to solve this one day, i hope it‘s sooner than later cause career wise she‘s absolutely playing with fire here and i hope she realises this

Having the opportunity to have a sleepless night and really re-think about the whole situation and everything that unfolded yesterday was not the best experience. Nevertheless, I think it was somewhat eye-opening. 
 
I still feel as though that the wording was very, veeery, poor and there was absolutely no need for Lana to namedrop any of these successful female artists to make a point, as it actually made it look like she was victimizing herself and that was frankly insensitive to the hardships any and all of the women she mentioned actually went and are still going through. It made her come across as selfish, insensitive and to a certain extent quite ignorant on other important issues.
 
But, getting passed the first paragraph, I feel like the rest of her letter is actually spot on. She specifically called out female indie writers in her post for the way they treated her and are still treating her today, in regards to the her lyricism and her so called "submissive" image/persona. I don't know if many of you guys have been around since 2011-12, but what she said hit close to the bone to me. Back in those days, these same indie writers they legit made a sport out of hating Lana and making up stories about her to further their narrative that she was this dumb, self-destructive, inauthentic industry plant. Which I think Lana still hasn't let go, regardless of the recent critical acclaim she has received over 'NFR!'. She clearly has harnessed strong resentment towards this specific group of people.
 
It all definitely came out wrong, but I feel like it comes from a place of personal frustration of being apart of the industry, as it's the first time she actually directly alluded to the whole thing.
 
Still, I wish Lana had a PR person, this is way too messy even by her so called standards.
 
 
And that was my last post on the topic, I've already lost/pissed off enough LanaBoards acquaintances as is. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (Remixes)
 
1. Twitter God Complex
2. Ignorant Bitch
3. Fuck it, I Don't Care Anymore
4. Draggin' Time
5. Feminist Song
6. Controversial Girl
7. How To Piss Off a Million People
8. The Next Best American Scandal
9. The Baddest
10. A Phone is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have - But I Have It

which is interesting cause yesterday she liked Lana’s post and when I checked today she apparently unliked it

So all the people who said they're happy she's happy a while back and now saying they're happy she's lashing out and acting how she was when she was at one of her lowest points. Which is it?

Royals came up on shuffle

This is the perfect time to release Queen of Disaster. Lana do it. 

this situation is low key funny to me
the letter definitely has a couple of issues that have been outlined in here already but seeing people fly off the handle at her because they misunderstood the opening line is just...

I don't know if you have watched the Fantano's review of Claws and he says that while in the mixtape she was exploring the PC music sound, now she's capitalizing off of it. And I agree with him, I think she can still dive deep into this sound and really create something unique and experimental. That's why I don't think she should switch sound... yet. And I don't know I feel like forever and claws, while using the PC music sound, are different from what she's done before, definitely more rooted into that genre and she seems free of doing what she wants

I literally love every song of hers from the last 3 years. I get people want her to switch up her sound but let's be real: she has less than a month to finish this album, it's not a realistic time for a major sound switch up.

It sucks for those of you that aren’t feeling Charli’s current direction. I think where she’s at right now musically makes perfect sense.. & it’s just really nice as a longtime fan to see her so happy making music with people that inspire her; a group of friends / collaborators that help her to be the prolific musical genius that she has always been.
 
Charli has been checking all the boxes for me in her music these past few years. Claws has a lot of production quirks I’ve always loved in different genres over the years.. it’s like Charli knows all my favorite things in music & knows just how to use them in a song. The glitchy beats, strong + catchy melody, auto tune, chopped vocals, synths, perfect adlibs + backing vocals, the lyrical nods to past songs.. (rollercoaster ride) & even with simple lyrics it’s still such a sweet & emotional love song at its core. I’m obsessed!!! The punchy, bouncy bass. The treble. & that outtro!!! Every second is BLISS.

It‘s not a far stretch to think she‘s inspired by those artists and the hyperpop „scene“ in general. I honestly saw something like this coming the day we got word she worked with SOPHIE. She does not half-ass these things. If she knows what she‘s doing she also knows that branch of pop music will work for her as her shtick has always been about pop, artifice, commercialism, authenticity and identity. So to me it‘s kind of the only logical point for her to pick pop music up again. I‘m excited.