Annie Lennox has hit out at Beyonce, insisting she is "feminist lite", and claims many female artists such as the 33-year-old star only describe themselves as feminists to promote themselves.
Eurythmics hitmaker Lennox has taken exception to Beyonce proclaiming herself a "feminist" during her set at the MTV Video Music Awards last month. Annie claims many female artists like the 33 year old star who only claim to be feminists to promote their careers.
Speaking about Beyonce, Annie said: "I would call that 'feminist lite'. L-I-T-E. I'm sorry. It's tokenistic to me. I mean, I think she's a phenomenal artist - I just love her performances - but I'd like to sit down [with her]. I think I'd like to sit down with quite a few artists and talk to them. I'd like to listen to them; I'd like to hear what they truly think.
"I see a lot of it as them taking the word 'hostage' and using it to promote themselves, but I don't think they necessarily represent wholeheartedly the depths of feminism - no, I don't."
The 59-year-old singer also hit out at stars such as Beyonce for being scantily clad on stage and in music videos in order to sell their songs.
In her opinion she thinks for many it's very convenient and it looks great and it appears radical, but she has some issues with it. It is a cheap shot, saying I think what they do with it is cheap and ... yeah.
"What can I tell you? Sex always sells. And there's nothing wrong with sex selling, but it depending on your audience. If you are playing to seven-year-old kids, it produces issues with it.
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