Sky Ferreira Responds To “Sexist” LA Weekly Article

That one time @madonna & I compared cup sizes. Neither of are as Madonna would say- "unapologetic" #BoobsOfPopMusic. (thank you LA weekly for the apology.)

A photo posted by Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) on Jun 18, 2016 at 3:42pm PDT

On June 17, LA Weekly published a widely-derided interview with Sky Ferreira titled “Sky Ferreira's Sex Appeal Is What Pop Music Needs Right Now.” The article was criticised online for writer Art Tavana's style and tone, specifically the descriptions of Ferreira's body. LA Weekly subsequently issued an apology for the piece. On Monday night, June 20, Ferreira responded to the piece, and subsequent fallout, via Twitter:

This is not my "official statement" about the @LAWeekly article:
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

95 percent of articles & interviews about me have had something offensive,false or (sometimes extremely) sexist.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

Some have been more passive aggressive or subtle & socially acceptable.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

I'm obviously a lot more than my "sex appeal" or my "knockers". I'm not ashamed of either of those things either.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

It's not calculated or whatever. I do what I want when I feel it's true to me.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

If there was some sort of formula all of this would be a lot easier and faster & probably more "successful"
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

I spend/spent so much time being frustrated by this type of bullshit that it really took a toll on me in a personal level.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

I'm not a think piece. I'm not a fucking example. I'm glad that this is making people think & conversation is happening
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

& I appreciate people speaking against it and being vocal
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

I'm done with the "success has 1000 fathers,failure has none" bullshit. The reason good or bad & who I am or whatever I've done is ME
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

I didn't respond in the heat of the moment because what I actually have to say is a lot more than a "response" or "rant" to some article
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

A part of me didn't want or at first care to respond because I don't think it deserves that sort of power or attention/validation
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

But I also know it would probably seem as if I don't care or I'm okay with it or weak. When I obviously do for obvious reasons.
— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

Sky Ferreira Responds To “Sexist” LA Weekly Article

The recent interview was titled “Sky Ferreira’s Sex Appeal Is What Pop Music Needs Right Now.”

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