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Björk comments on the sexism which is still rife within the music industry

Iconic music star Björk posted a lengthy message on Facebook this week about sexism in the music industry and hit out at the way her male contemporaries are applauded for bringing a variety of themes and styles to their own work while she wasn't given "full acceptance" until she wrote about heartbreak. 

She took to her official page last night (December 21) and shared the following post: "Women in music are allowed to be singer songwriters singing about their boyfriends. If they change the subject matter to atoms, galaxies, activism, nerdy math beat editing or anything else than being performers singing about their loved ones they get criticised: journalists feel there is just something missing... as if our only lingo is emo."

"I made Volta and Biophilia conscious of the fact that these were not subjects females usually write about. I felt I had earned it. On the activist Volta I sang about pregnant suicide bombers and for the independence of Faroe Islands and Greenland. on the pedagogic Biophilia I sang about galaxies and atoms but it wasn't until Vulnicura where I shared a heartbreak I got full acceptance from the media."

She concluded: "Men are allowed to go from subject to subject, do sci-fi, period pieces, be slapstick and humorous, be music nerds getting lost in sculpting soundscapes but not women. If we don't cut our chests open and bleed about the men and children in our lives we are cheating our audience. Eat your Bechdel Test heart out."

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Watch Björk talking about sexism in the industry back in 1994 here:

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