Laura Snapes: Body of work: why Billie Eilish is right to stand her ground against shaming (The Guardian)
Billie Eilish has done everything right in her career so far, but that’s not enough for a celebrity industry fixated on sex.
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But being anointed a liberating force in the body-image stakes is its own kind of prison, one that preserves physicality as the ultimate measure of a female star’s worth – and the standard by which they can be undermined. The music industry and the media like to pat themselves on the back for making stars of Eilish and Lizzo, who often joins her in headlines about body positivity, though if these women one day wish to change their physical presentation, they will be accused of betraying fans and squandering their authenticity.