"Not only is this stupid, it’s dangerous. As music fans are attacked in spaces where they should be free to celebrate and feel safe, to be whoever they want–terrorists are trying to scare us into acting a certain way, talking a certain way, thinking a certain way. Focus your anger on them.
"Don't try to censor the art of yesterday because you don't agree with it. Don't tell new artists that they should only paint the world as you see it."
Roisin O'Connor in The Independent reacts to Canadian students offended by Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Plucked Her Eyebrows on the Way
Labels:
1970s,
cultural history,
gender,
Lou Reed,
music,
New York,
sexuality,
twentieth century,
Warhol
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