Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

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http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2326650.ece

Thank goodness for the new breed of female pop star. Hollywood may
still cling, barnacle-like, to Golden Era ideals of femininity, but the
music industry seems to have finally moved on. Sure, real women have
always existed on the fringes of the mainstream (Bjork, Kate Bush, PJ
Harvey, Courtney Love, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith et al), but no longer
do you have to don a pair of golden hot pants, do five-hundred sit-ups
a day, pretend to be a virgin (like Britney) or a whore (like
Christina) and/or bump'n'grind against a superstar rapper to score that
elusive No 1 hit. No, you can drink yourself silly, fall over, cover
yourself in tattoos, be fat (like Beth Ditto) or a self-confessed
anorexic/bullimic (like Amy Winehouse), laugh about how many drugs you
took as a teenager, sleep with women, sleep with men, swear like a
trooper - and then you can write funny, candid songs about doing all
these things, and people will buy it. 

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