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in my opinion, i think if she would have said "he's still in glasgow" or whatever would have been too specific and people would know who it was straight away 

...  ultraviolence is one heck of an album isnt it

wait is a man actually preaching to women how women should feel about a song title YIKES
 
edit: after being called a bitch for every small thing i do that displeases men i either know or am just passing, a song titled venice bitch by a woman is not an issue at all

wait is a man actually preaching to women how women should feel about a song title YIKES
 
edit: after being called a bitch for every small thing i do that displeases men i either know or am just passing, a song titled venice bitch by a woman is not an issue at all

wait is a man actually preaching to women how women should feel about a song title YIKES
 
edit: after being called a bitch for every small thing i do that displeases men i either know or am just passing, a song titled venice bitch by a woman is not an issue at all

in my opinion, i think if she would have said "he's still in glasgow" or whatever would have been too specific and people would know who it was straight away 

So does a persons technical ability determine whether they should be slut shamed for pole dancing? The hypocrisy is real. You’re now trying to say Lana’s comments about Twigs weren’t justified because Twigs is a trained dancer - thus implying that the fact Lana was deemed a whore for doing it is somewhat justifiable? These are the same people that will say sex work and pole dancing shouldn’t be slut shamed and it should be seen as an empowering thing - but obviously only when the person that does it is someone you support right? The point Lana has been making is extremely clear and it’s about the way people perceive her music/art compared to how her contemporaries art is viewed by FEMINIST WRITERS/FEMALE ALT SINGERS. Obviously each of these artists face their own criticisms but what Lana is talking about is how their songs about feeling sexually empowered are received differently to how Lana’s are by female writers. It’s really not that hard to understand. I really don’t understand how you can make this about race when Lana has not criticised any of the music of the artists she mentioned and rather how it is perceived by the media. Lana has been making songs about the same topics (sex, taking off clothes and cheating) for longer than most of the artists she mentioned in that list. The only issue I can understand people taking issue with is the fact Lana seemed to not have an appreciation for the plight they go through as WOC, and maybe that is a sidenote she should have mentioned, but she was talking about one specific aspect of how their music is perceived compared to hers, not about the criticism they face as a whole.

Just because Lana is not a professional pole dancer that doesn't mean people have the right to call her a whore. That's what she's talking about: they were both making art, but one was extremely criticized while the other was praised. I get that Lana and Twigs were using pole dancing in very different contexts of imagery, but they were both doing it as a prop to further their art. The same goes to her rant about music: when she sings "he hit me and it felt like a kiss" people go wild and call her problematic, but when Rihanna sings "it beats me black and blue but it fucks me so good" she gets acclaim and a top 10 hit. Why?
 
 
 
 

To me, her point is pretty clear: when female artists sing about their sexuality in a way that's deemed positive or empowering, critics love it. But the moment Lana tries to weave a narrative where she makes mistakes sexually/romantically, and surrenders power to a man (who perhaps doesn't treat her well), she's crucified for it.
 
She wants everyone to be able to sing about their experiences without being told they're "glamorizing abuse." That's all she's saying. It's not an artist's job to be an example.

This title calls for a Slim Aarons style album cover with chemtrails in the sky...
 

She could say literally anything at this point and still receive criticism from people who are settled on disliking her and her initial post. 
It was nice to see her talk about it on video. She looked a bit emotional about the whole matter.

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You guys I got into a Twitter brawl for trying to defend Lana statement I’m telling you two kids CAME at me like I was some type of white supremacist calling my belonging to minority group (gay) not valid because I’m not black Like what ? What’s wrong with people?

Yeah it's v frustrating that people are attacking the valid points she made because they're (justifiably) angry about the racial implications

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I've legit been saying since this morning and I was somehow panned as lowkey racist and ignorant, even by people I consider to be friends on here. It was indeed pointless, and dare I say, stupid of her to even mention anyone in her message. But somehow people interpreted that as Lana disregarding/invalidating the struggles and hardships of the women she mentioned and in a broader spectrum WOC in the music industry as a whole or making it sound easy for them. But I repeat, as much as her message was tone deaf, I don't feel like that was her intention at all.
 
Her message definitely needed better wording or should've just been relegated to the garbage bin. But I still very much agreed with the part about her feeling like despite a lot of people in the industry claiming every women have their place, she still doesn't feel like she has hers and the personal frustration that comes along. That is personally what I got from her message (not the comments that came afterwards though).
 
I feel like Lana should stick to express her innermost feelings in her music and leave it to interpretation, just like she did in 'Brooklyn Baby'. It would've been a much better look for her.