A Scottish women’s charity said Carpenter’s new album cover evokes “tired tropes” of women being “possessions,” while fans have defended her cover as satirical commentary on sexism.
The way that material analysis is just so easily thrown out the window when we talk about certain subjects infuriates me to no end. I think it’s pretty clear why people are upset about this and hand waving it away as people being puritan or her just expressing her sexuality is just so fucking stupid. It makes my head cave in.
The way that material analysis is just so easily thrown out the window when we talk about certain subjects infuriates me to no end. I think it’s pretty clear why people are upset about this and hand waving it away as people being puritan or her just expressing her sexuality is just so fucking stupid. It makes my head cave in.