This biopic of Lady Day was fantastic even though it was not really representative of the lady in question. One, Billie Holiday was not quite the diva that Diana Ross made it out to her be. This is acknowledged in the extra footage on the DVD. Except in the footage, they (the costumer designers) say [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘sexism’
February 28, 2009
The Black List Project Continued. . .
For some reason, it always hits a nerve when a female coeval says she is not a feminist.
“Why do we need feminism?/Aren’t we all equal now?/I have never experienced sexism, what’s the big deal?/I don’t identify with those bra burning feminists!/It’s for white affluent women, it’s not for me/The girls I know who are feminists [...]
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