have you ever heard her sing live? or heard her play the piano? you can fault her for many things, but lack of musical and vocal acumen is not one of them.
just like everything that industry people say about stevie or any other artist is categorically true.
come on! i don't know how she behaves when the cameras are off, but that's just a silly thing to say.
yes, i was talking about the arrogant comment. at this point in history, it's not a revolutionary thing to say, but there is truth to it. also, she's 23. you show me one young woman with aspirations to be anything but a housewife who hasn't felt that exact same way and i'll eat my yoga pants. in fact, she's not even denying that she's arrogant; she's just saying it's a less acceptable trait for women to have than men. again, true.
i would like to reiterate her age. 23. every young woman reaches a point in her life where she realizes that the bull**** bromides she was fed as a youngster (especially when it comes to the women of my generation, raised on a steady PC diet of "girls rock," "gender roles are societal constructs," etc) have not fully prepared her for the realities of adulthood. she is still cutting her teeth both as an adult and as an artist. i don't think what she said was that big of a deal.
furthermore, saying that women outsell men in the music biz hardly means they're calling the shots. entertainment is still largely a man's world, baby, and i say that as someone who hates gloria steinem. you won't find me spouting any feminazi dogma.
but to illustrate my point, on FLDS compounds, women and girls are a far more valuable commodity than boys, who are routinely dumped on the streets of salt lake city and reno. but does that mean the women are calling the shots? hardly. it may seem like a far-flung analogy, but in both cases we are talking about the economics of sex. prevalence and marketability do not necessarily add up to clout.