Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Janelle Monae takes to social media to highlight issues of misogyny

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As society is waking up to highlighti­ng various causes these days, the R&B singer and songwriter Janelle Monae has come out on social media challengin­g the rap and rock genres to abolish misogyny. The 34 year old who was featured on Fun’s No: 1 global hit ‘ We Are Young’ in 2011, called on rap and rock peers to give up mistreatme­nt of women using derogative terms in songs. Observatio­n of some of the video clips seem shocking, the manner women particular blacks are depicted with no objection. Monare on social media said “So do the work to Abolish it”.

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