Sky Ferreira is Much More Than "Sex Appeal"

A few days ago, LA Weekly published an article by writer Art Tavana entitled Sky Ferreira’s Sex Appeal Is What Pop Music Needs Right Now. Published on June 17, the piece argued that Sky Ferreira‘s appeal as a sex symbol was of paramount importance to her work and her genre at large. Now, Sky Ferreira has fired out her own response to the rightfully-criticized article. Following condemnations of the piece from other outlets, Sky Ferreira took to Twitter to get this off her chest:

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

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’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

If you’re not a bitch or then you’re fake. If you’re not crazy or difficult then you’re boring & helpless

— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

You’re either too fat or too thin or too pretty or ugly. That’s the what I’ve l have been told my whole life since I was a little girl.

— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

I’ve always been “too much” or “never enough”. At the point I care about the work I make because that’s what actually lasts & matters

— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016

There’s no such thing as an “IDEAL WOMAN”, people.

— Sky Ferreira (@skyferreira) June 21, 2016