#dichtonomy

[walking-dreamscape]

We are the guinea pigs in the Devil's backyard - we are all children of the Devil in some way.

[promqueensrunnymakeup]

ACKNOWLEDGE HER COMPLEXITY

That women feel obliged to produce an identity that is authentic and acceptable to the masses suggests that maybe the problem is not that certain identities are discouraged in the media, but that women are always expected to posses comprehendeble and contained identities. There is a certain violence in having to present the complexity of oneself into a consumable, easily explainable image.

(…) like female musicians everywhere, they run the risk of being treated as images, of being subject to unfair assessments from others. But one can only hope that at least some journalists and listeners out there will view these female vocalists and their male collaborators both as Phil Spector figures; that they’ll watch these women perform on stage, and see not just a beautiful diva, but something more.

(Women in Dance Music, Beth Tolmach, adhoc.fm)