2B - Thursday, October 31, 2013 The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com 2B - Thursday, October 31, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Throwing shade atfemale celebrity feuds YOUTUBE, WEPICK Daily Arts Writers dig through recent YouTube'releases to find the videos worth revisiting or discovering. She said what? Ruh- roh. Looks like Kelly Osbourne just called Lady Gaga a hypocrite! That's right. It's. the reigning queen of pop versus one of the "Fashion Police." Get ready for an all-out Twitter feud, LENA folks! FINKEL OK. All jokes aside, I generally don't have any beef with Kelly Osbourne. She's witty, outspoken (clearly) and has overcome a lot of criticism (particularly about her weight). But, I definitely do have a prob- ably with her throwing shade at Lady Gaga. And it's not just her that I'm concerned about. It seems like girl-on-girl feuds are getting out of control these days. Think Lorde vs. Selena Gomez, Miley vs. Sinead O'Connor, Taylor Swift vs. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Kelly Osbourne vs. Christina Aguilera: The list of catfights goes on for miles and has surely amplified in recent years, perhaps as a result of Twitter. Of course, there are male vs. male feuds as well (Kanye vs. Jimmy Kimmel, most recently), but female fighting always seems to be much, much louder. And honestly, this shouldn't surprise anyone. Especially in the male- dominated music industry, there are only}so many spots at the top for a woman. In the current iTunes top 25 singles, only seven of the songs are by females (Lady Gaga with two, Katy Perry with three and Lorde and Miley with one eac charter such li cess, it ladiesf fight ti a world for wor are lim are for against each of Buti son tha from al hard er this in respec woman ing too showin this, yo There's female celebri definit Wh L ties the It ce howev( to blow portiot Minajs Mariah ately a comme it was c what C ch). The rest of the top funny culture in music that's rs are all by men. With only happened over the last mited room for suc- 15 years, that if you have an 's no wonder all the opinion about something in feel like they have to music that isn't 100-percent heir way to the top. In good, you're a 'hater.' Even if d where opportunities you have perfectly reasonable men to truly achieve grounds for that critique." ited, talented women While everything that Lorde ced to compete fiercely just said is true, she doesn't t one another and rip at have any business openly "cri- ther's throats. tiquing" anybody. She can't it's for exactly this rea- control the tabloid's head- at we need to refrain lines, she can't control how 11 this smack talk. It's the media is going to spin the nough to make it in story, but she can certainly dustry and to remain control what comes out of her ted as a professional mouth. I understand that by . It's either you're show- calling out Selena (she claimed much skin, you're not Selena Gomez's lyrics weren't 7g enough skin, you're doing women any favors), she u're that or the other. was trying to take a stand for s enough criticism about feminism. But publicly putting musicians, and woman down your female peers is not ties in general, that we the way to do it. By openly cri- ely don't need celebri- tiquing other women, female artists are taking away from each other's credibility and iy din' you hurting one another's chances yd 'y at gaining respect in an already just buy tough industry. Listen, I'm not saying that the cake young female celebrities shouldn't express their opin- ady Gaga? ions, because they absolutely should. They are perfectly welcome to discuss their views on sexism in the industry, the emselves fueling the fire. Middle East or anything else rtainly doesn't help, they like. Just not when their er, that the media tends words put down other female vthings way out of pro- artists. Ladies, you don't need n. The second that Nicki to step on the backs of your said anything about friends to get to the top. Carey it was immedi- So, please, Kelly Osbourne. "blast," and when Charo Next time you want to "throw nted on Sophia Vergera, some shade" at Lady Gaga for dubbed a "slam" (OK, but not sending you a birthday haro said was actually cake, just think twice. 0 0 Frankenstein Summary and Honest Trailers Analysis by Thug Notes Thor 0 If you ever get bored of reading Spark Notes, tune into Thug Notes and let Sparky Sweets, PhD, deliver the funniest (and surprisingly insightful) literary analyses you won't find in an English Class. Thanks to Thug Notes, you can now have an excuse to put off writing your English assignment and watch funny YouTube videos. 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