I'm hoping you'll understand

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

La Roux's at it again!

That must mean it's time for.....

[Poll #1462327]

Reminder: You have until 1pm to vote in heat #3 of 2002!

Comments

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I might argue that it's her job to say ridiculous things. Not only is she 21, enough of a reason to be an idiot on it's own, she's also a pop star who needs to get people interested.

She's also smart enough to understand that it doesn't really matter:

Aware that her outspokenness is proving increasingly polarising, Jackson draws a distinction between the artist and their art. "I'm still going to listen to Gary Glitter's records even though he's a kiddie-fiddler," she says. "Don't let his problems ruin your life. You're not buying their personality, you're buying their music. Of course it's never nice when you're into an artist and you discover they're horrible, and, yes, it would be disappointing if I suddenly found out that Annie Lennox was racist. But you'd still love the music. It wouldn't matter what I heard about Michael Jackson or Prince – you can't just stop liking a song."

Her being a silly cow won't stop me from liking In For The Kill.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

21= old enough to know better, dude. I'm only 22.5!

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

It's not mandatory idiocy, of course! But I don't think it's reasonable (or correct: pop stars should always try and upset a few people) to expect anyone her age, in her line of work, with her background to make sensible proclamations in the papers.

Poptimists, fo example, have spent more time thinking about La Roux today because of the nincompoopery she spouts then they have since In For The Kill hit. Thus, she wins and we shake our heads.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

"ignoring everyone in the public eye who says silly shit, or even dangerously ignorant and objectionable shit" is hardly a worthwhile strategy though.

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

No, absolutely not. But once you've read something it's safer to make that judgement. Elly Jackson isn't being seditious or dangerous (though I bet she'd like to think she is) - she's just being a big-mouthed pop star, which is her job. Consume and dispose.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Aargh I hate that "pop stars should be big mouthed" argument - see what Cis said above. A pop star's job is to make great pop. And she fails on that count too.

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

Well, I would argue that making statements like "getting beaten by your boyfriend is your own fault" and "lesbians are always butch and angry" and "chicks look stupid when they do butch things" is quite dangerous, especially when you're presenting yourself as some sort of intellectual, open-minded alternative that kids should look up to and admire as someone who makes them feel good about being themselves.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

As a pop music lover I am relishing this whole kerfuffle. As a feminist I am holding my head in my hands and weeping.