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Lana didn& #39;t compare herself to others, she cited their work. This is a strawman argument that ignores the point that she felt that other women have criticised her work for not depicting women as they would have her, ie subservient and weak. https://twitter.com/jennqweb/status/1265396833095909377">https://twitter.com/jennqweb/...
For me the idea that an artist, pop star, musician, or writer can be hassled for writing content simply because it does not fit in with what others think they should be writing is wrong. There is a difference in being critiqued, and being shouted down or being told that what you
should be writing, or insisting that art should move with the current and climate the artist is in. As I have said, historically, brutal regimes have used that reasoning to control and limit what other artists have done in the past. Others are doing so now.
So much work, like Howl, and other things would not have been written if people followed the idea that art must be in line with the climate and culture, as a previous tweet you made said. So much work like Requiem was. While Lana& #39;s meltdown was the source of this thread
and the previous thread, it was your point about art needing to move with the climate and culture of the artist, which while I admit I misunderstood its meaning got me thinking about societies expectation of art being subject to whatever is held to be socially acceptable.
In the end, and I shan& #39;t write anymore about this, beyond the essay, for me, an artist must be able to create as they see fit, not fitting in with whatever viewpoint is de rigueur. While criticism is important, it is not right to tell anyone what they should be writing as
was the case with Lana Del Rey, and which she lamented. Granted she was tone-deaf in how she wrote it. Finally, to me Allen Ginsberg is a pop star, his records were massive, his performances were amazing, and he is more a pop star for me than anyone else is.
Sure if i was to be a guest on your podcast, he would be my favourite band. Sure people did listening parties to his records like they did with the Beatles and others.