Dave Stewart Memoir

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Originally Posted by Missy

I don't know if that sort of song would come out today. I am totally with Stevie when she says "We fought very hard for feminism, for women's rights. What I'm seeing today is a very opposite thing. I don't know why, but I see women being put back in their place. And I hate it. We're losing all we worked so hard for, and it really bums me out."

Sadly I think that some born after the feminist era and are now in a post-feminist environment, they take some of the equalities for granted and don't realize, how hard it had to be fought for and how easily it could all be taken away again.

But now the feminist cause seems to be gaining new momentum. There has been the issue with Kesha and Taylor Swift's stand against Kanye. Part of me suspects, this is just another fad but I hope sooner or later they wake up.

I find the way that Stevie and Annie assert their own female identities very interesting, though quite different to each other.

Vanessa Carton once said 'Stevie understands how much power there is in the feminine, and she's not afraid of it.' There is also this observation by Mike Campbell 'Stevie is strong-willed, and at the same time she's vulnerable and fragile. And that's a really great combination.'

And then you had someone like Annie who came along and broke all the rules, stereotypes and definitions! But each to their own - however they chose to define themselves, both remarkable women.

yes but Stevie herself has evolved on this issue. In the beginning she talked about having to play all feminine and coy around the guys in the business, about being "quiet and feminine and trick them to death" and how when she was around the Eagles they couldn't take her talking about FM "at all" and so she just wouldn't talk about it around them.... I highly doubt she'd be that submissive now. She's far more willing now to be outspoken and state what she wants and doesn't want without worrying about whether it somehow makes her less feminine than she was then. Clearly she has made her mark now and speaks from the perspective of a woman who has become legendary in her field, as opposed to when she was just starting out.