Now don’t get us wrong. We’re not shocked by Perry’s pretend gayness. You only have to go to any branch of Brannigans on a Friday or Saturday night to see truck loads of girls lezzing up to try and get some spotty guy a little hot under the collar. What really upsets us is that it got us thinking about the number of actual lesbians in mainstream pop. We had a quick think and we can’t think of any. OK, so you’ve got your serious singer-songwriters like KD Lang, there was that Alex Parks lady from Fame Academy and there’s the bi-curious Peaches and Madonna (though we still can’t work out if Madge’s lesbian dalliances were just for publicity). Don’t even get us started on t.A.T.u. Other than that, to our knowledge, there are none. Please correct us if we’re wrong.
It seems that it’s OK for women to play the gay card in pop as long as they don’t actually mean it. This strikes us as strange. There are countless male gay pop stars, so why are ladies who like ladies not allowed to (a) produce pop or (b) - and we think this is the most likely - be open about their sexuality and still have mainstream appeal.
One thing’s for sure, Katy Perry’s faux lesbianism won’t be rocking the foundations of the straight-bias in pop. Hopefully when the first out and proud female pop star comes along, and we’re sure she will, she’ll make up for all this publicity-grabbing pretending and cloak and dagger anti-lesbian bullshit.
5 comments:
There's loads. Beth Ditto, Sam Fox, er... the guitarist from Echobelly...
Aha, the Ditto's indie, the Fox wasn't out when she released Touch Me (ie, when she was selling records) and Debbie, well, Debbie's unlikely to be troubling the top of the charts anytime soon. Not unless she gets together with Wener, Frischman, Manda Rin and Laverne to form a 1990s lady supergroup! How's Finland treating you? x
1990s lady supergroups are a whole other topic. Would there be an american version? Or was that just Veruca Salt (but with Juliana Hatfield on bass)? That way they could have a Sharks v the Jets style rumble on the basketball court.
Finland is OK though. I'm still unemployed and that's stopped being fun anymore. But something will happen soon. I have hope...
This article is both funny and sadly true. Thankyou for exposing this sheister....
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