Alanis Morissette: Nearly Every Woman in Music Has Been ‘Assaulted, Harassed, Raped’

Variety ^ | Apr 28, 2020 | Ellise Shafer

[SteveH]

I had to do a search, but it turned out that I enjoy occasionally listening to at least two of her songs, Ironic and Uninvited (is there something wrong with me? -yikes)

And somehow I totally missed Anita O’Day. However, she seems to be a very talented singer (thanks for the pointer to her).

[Yaelle]

Excellent post.

When you are horrified that a good woman on your side of the aisle is abused, but laugh and mock when a woman on the other side is abused, you’ve got a problem.

[Rebelbase]

Mid 90’s the first chick I dated coming out of my divorce was a 9/9 on the hot/crazy matrix. Little Jagged Pill was in heavy rotation in that relationship.

I got out before she had a chance to knife me.

[Pappy Smear]

I'm sure most of the women in the music industry were willing or unwilling participants in sexy stuff to get good recording contracts.

Ever heard Bonnie Tyler "sing"? Absolutely horrible. She had to have been able to suck the chrome off a bumper to get a recording contract.

I read a book about the beginning days of MTV. Somebody walked in on the lead singer, I forgot her name, of Missing Persons fellating the MTV programming director. That's one way to get in rotation....

[fr_freak]

Dude, you just hit a nerve I had almost completely forgotten about.

Ah, nostalgia. Did yours stalk you for a year? 'Cause mine stalked me for a whole freaking YEAR.