In her modern song Pynk,Janelle Monáe crafts a milestone for how women’s bodies are referenced within music after years of sexualization aimed at a male audienceIn 1997, Aerosmith released an ode to the female anatomy, and simply titled Pink,in which Steven Tyler famously brayed approximately his tremendous love of a woman’s vagina. Every line began with the declaration “Piiiink…”, followed by a cheeseball rhyme scheme describing a variety of sexual situations. Subtle it was not. Related: Why Janelle Monáe’s vagina pants make me cheer | Chitra Ramaswamy Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk