“Clearly the “mainstream press” doesn’t have a problem with sexuality, a al joanna newsome or feist. Or sexual preference a la Antony or Grizzly Bear. ”
your choice of examples here are really just proving the author & artist’s point re: the dismissiveness of the casady sisters. you’ve missed the point completely. joanna newsom and leslie feist are both what most would call conventionally attractive ladies, their gender/sexuality/race are not up for question. if anything, they could be considered the model of token cute indie girls. and despite antonys own ambiguous gender expression, he/she for the most part is still viewed with a masculine/male presence..which could be chalked up to societies inability to accept any gender expression outside of black/white, male/female…and well GRIZZY BEAR?realllly?? despite one member being queer, they’re still men. so, yeah the discussion was about cocorosie’s a-typical female presence in the american music business. also, fyi, even in most queer communities the visibility of queer men trumps that of a women’s.
kinda missed the mark there.