Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves pens essay on authenticity and sexism
Speaking at Basilica Soundscape Festival in Hudson, New York, the Perfect Pussy vocalist railed against double standards, discussed Andrew W.K. and Lana Del Rey, and questioned notions on authenticity.
Graves spoke with fervour and eloquence, and you can peer over one excerpt below:
"I feel weird about eating these days or leaving the house, or existing in a material form at all, because having a body that talks too much and sweats and makes mistakes is exhausting, and here’s this dude just standing around with dented hair and a Napalm Death shirt over sweatpants shorts and it’s almost as if the whole world isn’t scrutinizing what’s in his cart at the grocery store, what he looks like without makeup on, how his gender affects his authenticity as a performer. I was looking straight at this spaced out, sweet-faced, charming guy, just standing there, calm and existing."
Read the whole thing here.
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