Henover weekenden publicerede LA Weekly en klumme om Sky Ferreira med titlen »Sky Ferreira’s Sex Appeal Is What Pop Music Needs Right Now«. Her sammenlignes sangerinden, sangskriveren, skuespilleren og modellen med Madonna og går i dybden med at beskrive hendes bryststørrelse og dechifrere hendes sex-appeal.
Hendes musik og kunst er reduceret til et bi-produkt, hendes krop og seksualitet er hendes eneste brand. Flere formuleringer grænser til det vulgære:
»She looks like a more cherubic Sharon Stone, icy but also sweet, like a freshly licked lollipop.«
Rigtig mange havde en mening om klummen, der også hurtigt blev undskyldt fra LA Weeklys side. Rigtig mange forholder sig til den åbenlyse problematik, der konstant er til stede i musikjournalistikken: At vi skriver klummer, der reducerer kvindelige kunstnere til sexsymboler. Det samme sker ikke for mænd. (Denne respons er ret spot on.)
Nu har Sky Ferreira selv gjort sin mening klar på Twitter i en lang, skarp og udførlig kommentar:
95 percent of articles & interviews about me have had something offensive,false or (sometimes extremely) sexist.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
Some have been more passive aggressive or subtle & socially acceptable.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
I'm obviously a lot more than my "sex appeal" or my "knockers". I'm not ashamed of either of those things either.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
It's not calculated or whatever. I do what I want when I feel it's true to me.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
If there was some sort of formula all of this would be a lot easier and faster & probably more "successful"
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
I spend/spent so much time being frustrated by this type of bullshit that it really took a toll on me in a personal level.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
I'm not a think piece. I'm not a fucking example. I'm glad that this is making people think & conversation is happening
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
& I appreciate people speaking against it and being vocal
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
I'm done with the "success has 1000 fathers,failure has none" bullshit. The reason good or bad & who I am or whatever I've done is ME
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
I've always been "too much" or "never enough". At the point I care about the work I make because that's what actually lasts & matters
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
& my well being so I can make it. The people who understand me as an artist & my work is what I care about.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
There's no such thing as an "IDEAL WOMAN", people.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) 21. juni 2016
Vel tweetet.
Læs også: Marc Jacobs fokuserer på diversitet – Beth Ditto, Sky Ferreira og Dan Donigan i ny kampagne