23 July 2009 — A Little Post About the Hottest 100 List
Mel Campbell over at The Enthusiast has a good post about the whole controversy, which you should read here. Make sure to read the comments too, particularly if you're a fan of the phrase "hairy-legged lesbian" - I know I am.
Aside from anything else, this issue got me thinking about that old chestnut of postmodern studies of the arts: the concept of genius as a gendered idea.
What male popular musicians do we think of as being geniuses (if any)? What about female musicians? I'm not going to make a list or anything, but it's always worth thinking about.