Annie Lennox has been very vocal about her opinions regarding Beyoncé’s status as a feminist, referring to Bey as ‘feminist lite.’
In an interview with NPR, Lennox was asked about female musicians being overly sexual in their performances and she took the opportunity to clarify her stance.
“The reason why I’ve commented is
because I think that this overt sexuality thrust—literally—at particular
audiences, when very often performers have a very, very young audience,
like 7 years old, I find it disturbing and I think its exploitative.
It’s troubling. I’m coming from a perspective of a woman that’s had
children,” she said.
“Well, I didn’t specifically
criticize Beyoncé,” Lennox explained. “I was being asked about
Beyoncé in the context of feminism, and I was thinking at the time about
very impactful feminists that have dedicated their lives to the
movement of liberating women and supporting women at the grass roots,
and I was saying, ‘Well, that’s one end of the spectrum, and then you
have the other end of the spectrum.'”
“Listen, twerking is not feminism,”
Lennox added. “That’s what I’m referring to. It’s not—it’s not
liberating, it’s not empowering. It’s a sexual thing that you’re doing
on a stage; it doesn’t empower you. That’s my feeling about it…Maybe
this is a good thing because it creates debate.”
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