It’s not the first time the media has turned a valid opinion into a demeaning catfight between two female artists, but it gets boring when titles continue to make grand sweeping statements based on no more than one less-than-140 character tweet. Yesterday Iggy “hated” Britney because she said this:
@rhuancesarr its difficult to send a song up the charts without additional promo and tv performances etc. unfortunately im just featured…
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 28, 2015
And Britney “hated” Iggy because she said this:
Can’t wait to get back to Vegas. So thankful I have shows for the rest of the year to look forward to… #YouWantAPieceOfMe
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) June 29, 2015
According to the Daily Mail and co, Azalea’s tweet (written during a Twitter Q+A with fans) meant she had a problem with Spears’ lack of effort to promote their single Pretty Girls, and Spears’ tweet was a snide comment at Azalea having to cancel her own tour, with the hashtag “YouWantAPieceOfMe” supposedly aimed directly at her.
Never one to keep a low profile, Azalea went on to catch out misogynist media sites on what they continue to do again and again and again, in an eloquently written Twitter exposé that calls out writers turning relationships between intelligent female artists into a teen drama, and women in general into brainless objects of the male gaze. Here are her finest moments:
i feel like the media wants women in music to get out and mud wrestle each other. As a woman i take great offense.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
Iam honestly not surprised but still really saddened that the media is trying to create a “beef” between @britneyspears and myself.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
No one is throwing “shade” or “shots” on either side of the table. The girl is my friend and i support her 100%.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
i feel like the press just wants to see girls be overtly sexual to one another, and have no real opinion other than “i love it! ^.^”
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
Im over it. Women in music are not the same as a teen drama. Stop making us all out to be, we are business women & artists. Not mean girls.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015