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Originally Posted by Rupert 'Stiles' Stilinski
I'm thinking she's referring to the likes of Kathleen Hannah, Courtney Love who (for two very different reasons in two very different cases for two very different types of women) stripped progressively. I don't see stripping or this lame ass burlesque fad progressing women at all.
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Much more Courtney than Kathleen. Kathleen was trying to talk about how, as a former sex worker, she was immediately alienated from the feminist circles. She stripped to be able to get through college and has openly stated that, for her, it was a much more economical choice than, say, waiting tables (where, as a woman, she would also be treated like shit) Kathleen and most other riots grrrls were talking about taking ownernship of one's sexuality.
There was third wave feminist mentality that taking ownership of ones sexuality is empowering. That's fine but, as Kim was saying in this interview, this political empowerment often looses its context and women wind up just turning themselves into objects. The message is gone. Think Spice Girls.
It's my opinion that Kim sings about female sexuality because it's a part of the/her female experience. She never REDUCES women to their sexuality, turning them into objects. Rather, sexuality she sings about provides the audience with narratives, turning the female characters into subjects to recon with. Now that is some true blue feminist empowerment!