Word: manistream
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this, Greaves and Rader's implicit condemnation of Annie Lennox is particularly wrong-headed. Lennox may sing love songs that express emotions Greaves and Rader find unacceptable, but she also co-wrote and recorded, with Aretha Franklin, "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves", arguably the most straightforwardly feminist manistream pop song ever. In public appearances Lennox constantly challenges accepted gender norms. The point should be obvious: Lennox is succeeding in the male-dominated world of popular music without becoming a sex kitten, without exploiting her stunning good looks, without mouthing submissive lines put in her mouth by others...
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