for women, talent isn’t enough.
I’ve been to many concerts and one thing has become progressively clearer. For women, musical talent is not enough, they have to be a performer, a stripper, an exotic dancer, a dancer, a comedian, among many other things.
I love fall out boy, I’ve been to their concerts twice the past year. Do they have costume changes? No. Do they have choreographed dance routines? No. Do they have to talk a lot and share anecdotes with the crowd? No.
Taylor Swift does. Haim does. Megan Thee Stallion does.
I also love Interpol, also been to them twice in the last year. They do ZERO talking in their sets, have ZERO stage presence, and yet their shows are crowded and their fans are appeased
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs fronted by Karen O has to dance, shake her butt, and is screamed at to take her top off. A women’s talent is not talent, it’s an extra workaround to her fuckability.
For male artists, their talent is enough. For female artists, their talent and efforts will never be enough, because they are women.
Men get to make music, women are required to be extensive, multifaceted performers and even then are hated and criticized more ferociously. No woman is allowed to sit on stage playing guitar, she won’t get anywhere without a schtick (Chappell Roan). We continue to fail all women, even the most famous, because they are women.
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