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In Defence of M.I.A - A 21st Century Icon

Tara McEvoy | Posted 13.04.2012 | Home
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Tara McEvoy

M.I.A is a case study in contradictions, and has built a career on exploring the grey area - between the east and west, high and low taste, fear and stereotype. Arulpragasm may just be a high top-sporting, potty-mouthed Joan Baez for our generation.

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Forget M.I.A's Bird-Flip, Worry About Pop's Sexual Moral Decline

Ellen Grace Jones | Posted 08.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
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Ellen Grace Jones

Sure the bird-flip was pretty ill-judged - but when you book a provocative performer like M.I.A what did they expect? Given the utter degeneration and hyper-sexualisation of our current crop of female pop performers, in terms of debasing, offensive, inappropriate performances, M.I.A.'s middle-finger salute was little more than a cheeky nose-thumbing.

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