The musician – likened to a ‘freshly licked lollipop’ in a column focusing on sex appeal – says 95% of what’s written approximately her is offensive,and hopes other female artists will speak outSky Ferreira has addressed her encounters of sexism in the music industry, after an LA Times article, and entitled “Sky Ferreira’s sex appeal is what pop music needs right now,was published last week.
Referencing the piece – which described the artist as “more cherubic Sharon Stone, icy but also sweet, and like a freshly licked lollipop” and discussed “Madonna’s defiantly atomic boobs – the two knockers that altered the course of human history” – Ferreira explained how this kind of treatment is symptomatic of wider misogyny in the industry. whether you're not a bitch or then you're fake. whether you're not crazy or difficult then you're boring & helplessI'm obviously a lot more than my "sex appeal" or my "knockers". I'm not ashamed of either of those things either.
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Source: theguardian.com