sexist
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“You hear a youngness when you listen to these songs,” says musicologist Lily Hirsch, author of “Can’t Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023
“It shows we still have a long way to work to have truly feminist parties,” said Fiona Texeire, a founder of the Observatory of Sexual and Sexist Violence in Politics.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022
The University of Pittsburgh has declared that terms such as "secretary," "clerk," and "omsbudsman" are considered "Sexist Language."
From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021
Life changed this week for L.A. girl-punk band the Linda Lindas, whose library performance of “Racist, Sexist Boy” blew up the internet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2021
Sexist lyrics stopped appearing in their songs, and the 1994 song “Sure Shot” famously included a verse in which MCA explicitly apologized for the group’s past misogyny.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2019
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