ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

HOW ARE WOMEN TREATED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?

IN PARTICULAR, POP MUSIC

MISOGYNY IN MUSIC: RAP/HIP-HOP/POP

•SO WE COULD NEVER BE A COUPLE HUN / F*CK LOVE / ALL I GOT FOR HOES IS HARD D*CK AND BUBBLEGUM.” – BIG L

•“BITCHES AIN’T SH*T BUT HOES AND TRICKS / LICK ON THESE NUTS AND SUCK THE D*CK.” – SNOOP DOGG

•“YOU AIN’T GONNA LET ME F*CK YOU AND I FEEL YOU / BUT YOU GONE SUCK MY D*CK, OR I’LL KILL YOU.” – CHIEF KEEF

•(ANY PART FROM JASON DERULO’S “TALK DIRTY”)

Note: Misogyny can be found in every genre, this is just the most common.

BLURRED LINES

CREATIVE FREEDOM & EXPECTATIONS

•GHOST WRITERS

•PRODUCER CONTROL

•MEDIA TEAMS

•AUDIENCES

•PUBLIC FIGURES

•ROLES OF THE FEMALE

KESHA ROSE SEBERT

DR. LUKE, KESHA, AND REHAB

No Creative Control

• First album written mostyby producer Dr. Luke and Ghost writers

Dr. Luke & Fans Criticize Weight

• Several verbal attacks on Kesha’sweight leads to Bulimia.

Rehab

• After she completes rehab, she drops the $, drops Dr. Luke, and begins to record for herself.

MILEY CYRUS

Hannah Montana

*Rough Transition*

Miley Cyrus

PARENTS FIGHT BACK:

•ROLE MODEL STATUS

•GROWING UP

•ACTING OUT

THE CHOICE OF EXPLOITATION

EXPECTATIONS FROM AUDIENCES

•BE LOVABLE

•BE A ROLE MODEL

•DON’T BE WEIRD

BUT AT THE SAME TIME

•BE ADULT/SEXUAL

•BE ORIGINAL

•BE YOURSELF

LORDE

TAYLOR SWIFT

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, UNDERGROUND FAME

•ALBUM GETS CRITICAL ACCLAIM

•NO MAINSTREAM RADIO PLAY

•SOME BEAUTIFUL MUSIC GOES MISSED

ANNIE CLARK IS: “ST. VINCENT”

REGINA SPEKTOR

AUDIENCES ALWAYS FIND FLAWS• Best Selling Album

of 2011 & 2012

• Broke Records

held by the Beatles

for Singles

• 95 Awards won

from 186

nominations.

• 21 alone sold over

26.4 million copies

worldwide.

• Songs about

vulnerability,

heartbreak, and

strength.

• Feminist

• Restarts songs

when singing live

if not done up to

standards for the

audience.

TOO FAT

CONCLUSIONS:

•DON’T TAKE EVERYTHING SO SERIOUSLY

•LISTEN TO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY

•DON’T TELL SOMEBODY ELSE WHAT IS OR ISN’T MUSIC*

• *BUT FEEL FREE TO FORM OPINIONS OF PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR MUSICAL TASTES

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