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Sexist Lyrics and the Twenty-Something

Amelia Charman | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Amelia Charman

It's laughable that we consider ourselves forward thinking when it it comes to sexism and actually believe that it doesn't really exist anymore, but as long as the likes of Eminem and Chris Brown are allowed to clog our airwaves, 1950s attitudes to women will live on.

Happy Birthday Eminem!

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 17.10.2012 | Home

Eminem turns 40 today, happy birthday Marshall Mathers! It's an impressive milestone for the enfant terrible of rap, who has battled depression, d...

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

Ellen Grace Jones | Posted 08.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
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.