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Just A Girl
Anaheim’s No Doubt sets the “Rock Feminist” label on its head
Being a woman in today’s pop music arena seems to immediately slap that feminist scarlet letter on the artist’s chest - a tag that most of the prominent females in modern rock heartily endorse with their attitudes. A gauge of this? What would be the assumptive grrrl reaction to being called “cute”? Madonna or Courtney Love would probably have some smartass retort. Chrissie Hynde would just smirk or totally ignore the comment. L7 would laugh. TLC or Salt-N-Pepa would give it right back, only spicier. And the members of Bikini Kill might hit you over the head with their guitar.
But Gwen Stefani of No Doubt would probably just say… “Thank you.” Read the rest of this article »
