Urge to (in for the) kill.... rising

[katstevens]

Oh dear, La Roux gets feminism wrong AGAIN

First it was 'girls look a bit stupid playing guitars', now this:

What's your stance on the way that female musicians either choose to or are forced to use a sexuality that's essentially just designed to appeal to men?

"It's really patronising to women. I know that there's far more ways to be sexy than to dress in a miniskirt and a tank top. If you're a real woman you can turn someone on in a plastic bag just by looking at them. That's what a real woman is, when you've got the sex eyes. I think you attract a certain kind of man by dressing like that. Women wonder why they get beaten up, or having relationships with arsehole men. Because you attracted one, you tw4t. It's a funny culture, it's definitely a funny culture. Those women are just insecure, but they'll turn round to me and say 'you're just jealous 'cos you want a tan and you want big boobs, stupid boy-looking girl'. You can't win, they wouldn't believe me for a second."

Jebus, is she *actually* saying that by dressing in a certain way, women are inviting men to abuse them? I think she is. Sigh.

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[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

That's what a real woman is, when you've got the sex eyes.

I've mentioned this before, but I am so glad she cleared this up, I mean before I thought being a real woman meant, you know, just being yourself, now I realise my role in life is to make men fancy me with my sex eyes.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i'm sure she'd deny that she means 'inviting abuse' and rather just 'increases chances of being sexually objectified, attention from the wrong men' or whatever. i really don't believe it was intentionally a 'women are asking for it' type point although i guess some cultural resentment/bitterness issues are coming thru.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Oh well, she's being a knob again. I was wondering how long that would take.

Is this completely unprocessed stupid, or is she trying to be provocative (like with the cunt t-shirt stuff)? This sounds like a grudgewank against the girls who picked on her at school.

Agreed with pippaalice; I'd better start covering my sex eyes up with sunglasses or something, or I might accidentally turn some bloke on while we're riding the bus, and then who knows? He might be a violent arsehole or something.

[cis.livejournal.com]

What I don't understand is-- why didn't the journalist call her out on that at all? ask her to clarify, at the very least?

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

AND!

Argh, I missed this bit first time round, but I just re-read it, in the context of the not-a-lesbian bit, and I had to think twice about this maprt;

She was just a girl like the kind of girl I've been when I've been growing up, and she was saying 'we think it's really cool that there's someone out there who's a role model for people like us, because there's no one for us to look up to any more since David Bowie'.

Now, is that an actual quote of what the girl said to her, or is that her paraphrase of it? Cos if it's an actual quote, that's raaaaather convenient. But "she was saying" suggests that this is Elly's interpretation/reconstruction of what the girl was saying, and, WHOA! Bowie's replacement? That's some ego there. I'm surprised she could get her head in through the pub door.

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

I think it would be best for all concerned if she remained silent. In interviews, when recording pop songs, the whole time.