Sky Ferreira Responds To Sexist L.A. Weekly Article: ‘I’m Not A F***ing Think Piece’
Sky Ferreira was recently the subject of an L.A. Weekly editorial that sparked outrage from both readers and peer music publications.
Most of the blowout centered around how the author, Art Tavana, reduced the off-beat pop star Sky to her image — and more specifically her attractiveness — instead of her music. For a musician like Ferreira who not only writes her own material but also served as executive producer on her 2013 breakthrough album, Night Time, My Time, many saw the piece as dismissive of her talent.
Take the first paragraph for instance, which compares Sky to Madonna in terms of the similarities between their “breasts.”
“Ferreira, 23, has a name that reads like a turbo-charged Italian sports car, or the kindred spirit to second-generation Italian-American pop star Madonna, the most ambitious woman to ever wear a pink cone bra. Both Sky and Madonna have similar breasts in both cup size and ability to cause a sh**storm.”
Following an official apology from L.A. Weekly’s editor, Sky herself took to Twitter to express her own dissatisfaction with not just the author but they way she is often talked about in the media. Ferreira’s choice to appear topless on her last album cover, for instance, dominated much of the conversation surrounding its release.
This is not my “official statement” about the @LAWeekly article:
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
95 percent of articles & interviews about me have had something offensive,false or (sometimes extremely) sexist.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
Some have been more passive aggressive or subtle & socially acceptable.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
I’m obviously a lot more than my “sex appeal” or my “knockers”. I’m not ashamed of either of those things either.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
It’s not calculated or whatever. I do what I want when I feel it’s true to me.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
If there was some sort of formula all of this would be a lot easier and faster & probably more “successful”
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
I spend/spent so much time being frustrated by this type of bullshit that it really took a toll on me in a personal level.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
“I’m not a think piece. I’m not a f***ing example. I’m glad that this is making people think. conversation is happening.”
& I appreciate people speaking against it and being vocal
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
I didn’t respond in the heat of the moment because what I actually have to say is a lot more than a “response” or “rant” to some article
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
A part of me didn’t want or at first care to respond because I don’t think it deserves that sort of power or attention/validation
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
But I also know it would probably seem as if I don’t care or I’m okay with it or weak. When I obviously do for obvious reasons.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
People will take or see whatever they want from this probably. For example: “defends Terry Richardson” I never defended him.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
I have never worked with him since. I even said my own experience doesn’t take away or against the victims.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
If you’re not a bitch or then you’re fake. If you’re not crazy or difficult then you’re boring & helpless
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
Stupid is probably somewhere in there too
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
I’ve always been “too much” or “never enough”. At the point I care about the work I make because that’s what actually lasts & matters
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
& my well being so I can make it. The people who understand me as an artist & my work is what I care about.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016
What do you think of Sky Ferreira’s response to the L.A. Weekly article?
[Image via Greg Chow/Flickr]
