Shallow Feminism

This post is to talk about how Alicia's empowerment speech only shows how ignorant she is about feminism, and the #girlgang is shallow as a puddle of mud. In an interview in 2017 , Alicia talked about the idea she had about CB: I’m really passionate about rock music and metal music and I wanted to create a group that was like the Pussycat Dolls meets Cirque du Soleil but rock and roll all the way because to me, rock and metal is the coolest music out there, you know? Also, I wanted to do what I thought was cool and that’s why I started the Cherry Bombs. For those who don't know, PCD started out as a burlesque group in Los Angeles before becoming a music group. Which explains why the hell CB started out wearing lingerie in their performances The fact that they wanted to incorporate rock and metal into their performances is where the feminist and empowerment discourse falls apart. To begin with, in these two genres of music, women have always been objectified and treated as a ...