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Amanda Palmer Essay
Female Musician
Amanda Palmer is an American singer-song writer and she performs as a solo artist. She was member of former band, “Dresden Dolls” Amanda palmer’s music genre is alternative rock, punk, dark cabaret. She is better known for her shenanigans than for music, I chose Amanda Palmer because she talks about feminist and defines a true feminist. And her music is similar to the other artist and play we’ve discussed in this course. She is also very interesting to me because she is very open about her personal life and shameless.
I think the messages she is conveyed through her music is that she is free spirit. She does whatever she want to do and she feels complete and great for doing it. In her song,”Map of Tasmania, Amanda Palmer singing about how great
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That is what defines a true feminist and the lists she wrote, “this includes: wearing heels, wearing combat boots, wearing nothing, sporting lipstick, shaving, not shaving, waxing, not waxing, being political, being apolitical, having a job, being homeless, gazing at men, gazing at women, gazing at porn of all sorts, glamming up like a drag queen, going in man-drag, being in a five-way polyamorous relationship, being childless, being a stay-at-home parent, being single, having a wife, having a husband, and gazing/cooing adoringly at those wives or husbands anywhere they fucking choose, including elevators, restaurants, puppet shows (well, maybe keep it g-rated if there are small children present), ….or on theatrical stages at fringe festivals. are we getting the picture here?? the most powerful feminist can do WHATEVER SHE WANTS. the minute you believe you’re a “bad feminist” because you said the wrong thing/wore the wrong thing/got married/chose to have children…or otherwise broke some unspecified ”code of feminism”: DON’T BUY IT. THERE ISN’T ONE. you can do ANYTHING YOU WANT. ANYTHING. THAT’S THE

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