How Not To Write About Female Musicians: A Handy Guide

Maura/Sound of the City have been A+ all week, with good stuff that makes me think-y, and good stuff that makes me angry (see: link above). Can Lana Del Ray just fizzle out, already, please? I would like to go home to NJ this weekend and burn my parents’ copy of T Magazine in some kind of ill-advised protest.

maura:

A bit worried that this is going to be one in a series. 

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    Maura Johnston’s takedown of misogynist music journalism is pretty essential. Her studied critique of particularly the...
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    Word, all around.
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    Pretty much. Let’s skip past the gender issues and just agree that Lana Del Rey sucks, shall we?
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    Now someone write this same thing but about actresses, or at least actresses known for doing more than being “the hot...
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    Heads-up anyone thinking of writing one of those ‘cute ukulele girls’ pieces.
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