on Rihanna Opens Up To Glamour. Kind Of. at 13:24 11/03/2009

The record industry, which is still largely run by men, took Robyn the person and turned her into Rihanna the object. Rihanna was once quoted as saying that she “…Wanted to be the black Madonna.” However, she doesn’t write her own songs, own her own publishing, sign her own checks, or run her own career. A lot of female artists go into the music business with their eyes wide shut. Seduced by the glamour, they are unprepared for the crushing reality of fame or dealing with the day-to-day responsibilities that a career in the music business entails. Robyn was not like a lamb to the slaughter, but she went to the altar willingly. Robyn wanted to be used and she is a willing tool. Therefore, she is suffering fools gladly. Sadly, Rihanna and Glamour magazine, a supposed bastion of female empowerment, are trying to make fools of the public by feeding us this bullsh*t.

on Rihanna Opens Up To Glamour. Kind Of. at 13:23 11/03/2009

This girl is a tool. She had an opportunity, a “teachable moment” as it were, as a public figure that went through a very tragic and life altering event to speak up against domestic violence. She did not. Instead of castigating her accuser or the brutal act itself she said nothing and did nothing. However, what she chose to do speaks volumes about her character or at least the state of the music business. Rihanna the public persona or Robyn the person chose to reach out to her attacker, get tattooed, attend movie premieres, dress in an increasingly outrageous and provocative fashion, give a lap dance (allegedly) to Justin Timberlake, and other self-aggrandizing behaviors. Her conduct should not come as a surprise since she (allegedly) got her start by sleeping with her musical mentor turned svengali.