I think a lot of ppl ride for Olivia Rodrigo so hard bc she’s the first mainstream representation of insecure, self-loathing women we’ve had in a really long time.
‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ by Olivia Rodrigo scores the biggest streaming week of the year in the US for an album by a woman.
It debuts with 218.41 million on-demand official streams.
Olivia on the album’s name: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love for @Dazed!
“I just think the title captures what I was trying to go for: the pitfalls of being in love. It is a little bit of a mouthful... but it’s worth it. I’m obsessed with the title.”
the point that's so poignant to me is her saying that she wasn't going for sexy, she wanted to feel cool and comfortable. like everyone immediately assumed she was trying to be hot, and i think that's indicative of a much bigger issue in how people view women as performers.
Olivia Rodrigo speaks out on criticism for wearing babydoll dresses during Popcast interview:
“What’s really, like, disturbing is I feel like I have worn outfits that are revealing on stage. Like I’ve been on stage in like a sparkly bra, little shorts, which is my right. That’s fun. I felt cool and comfortable in that. And like that wasn’t “inappropriate” — but me, like, fully covered up in a dress that people deem to be, like, childlike was inappropriate. And I just think it just like shows how we really normalize pedophilia in our culture. And also it’s just this rhetoric that we’re fed as girls since we’re so little, which is like, ‘Don’t wear that because then a man is going to sexualize your body and it’s your fault.’ Like it’s so weird. And I didn’t think I looked sexy in that at all — I was like ‘This is so cool. I feel like I look like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love.’ All these people who are my heroes.”
(https://t.co/J74WyG3Etv)