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tylercoates: Let’s all read the first paragraph of Jacob Brown’s profile of Lana Del Rey together, shall we? Curvaceous and pretty in a dress, she brims with catchy songs, all a bit retro, ironic and modern. Without straying too far off the pop grid, she’s the perfect antidote to Rihanna-Gaga overload — dare we say, a skinnier Adele, a more stable Amy Winehouse? Since posting “Video Games” to YouTube last summer, she’s amassed tens of millions of hits, sold out concerts to fashion’s who’s who and now, finally, has released her long-awaited album, which is currently No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 in America, and No. 1 in Britain, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and Austria. If you were going to manufacture a star for this moment, you’d manufacture her. Some people believe that’s precisely what happened. 1. Compares Lana Del Rey to two pop stars that she does not sound like. 2. Insinuates that she’s a good alternative to the fat singer-songwriter. 3. Insinuates that her dark, brooding songs that glorify self-destruction are good alternatives to the dark, brooding songs written by a dead self-destructive singer-songwriter. 4. Places her first song/video’s play count on YouTube as a more important feat than reaching the number-two spot on the Billboard chart. 5. “If you were going to manufacture a star for this moment, you’d manufacture her.” (I don’t even know what this is supposed to mean.) It seems to me that if this guy is claiming that everyone has misread his article, he might have gone to greater lengths to write clearly what he wanted to say. Or perhaps he can address the fact that sexism exists without participating in it?  Of course, if you want an alternative, read Maura’s piece at The Village Voice today. It’s the tops. This

tylercoates:

Let’s all read the first paragraph of Jacob Brown’s profile of Lana Del Rey together, shall we?

Curvaceous and pretty in a dress, she brims with catchy songs, all a bit retro, ironic and modern. Without straying too far off the pop grid, she’s the perfect antidote to Rihanna-Gaga overload — dare we say, a skinnier Adele, a more stable Amy Winehouse? Since posting “Video Games” to YouTube last summer, she’s amassed tens of millions of hits, sold out concerts to fashion’s who’s who and now, finally, has released her long-awaited album, which is currently No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 in America, and No. 1 in Britain, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and Austria. If you were going to manufacture a star for this moment, you’d manufacture her. Some people believe that’s precisely what happened.

1. Compares Lana Del Rey to two pop stars that she does not sound like.

2. Insinuates that she’s a good alternative to the fat singer-songwriter.

3. Insinuates that her dark, brooding songs that glorify self-destruction are good alternatives to the dark, brooding songs written by a dead self-destructive singer-songwriter.

4. Places her first song/video’s play count on YouTube as a more important feat than reaching the number-two spot on the Billboard chart.

5. “If you were going to manufacture a star for this moment, you’d manufacture her.” (I don’t even know what this is supposed to mean.)

It seems to me that if this guy is claiming that everyone has misread his article, he might have gone to greater lengths to write clearly what he wanted to say. Or perhaps he can address the fact that sexism exists without participating in it? 

Of course, if you want an alternative, read Maura’s piece at The Village Voice today. It’s the tops.

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  7. placesweusedtogo said: OMG no that twitter avatar!
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    Keep the beat going
  9. michelledean said: ZOMG his picture. ZOMG HIS PICTURE. INSTITUTIONAL SEXISM FOR BROS.