What Happens When Two Female Artists Mix the Songs “Blurred Lines” With “Rape Me”?

What Happens When Two Female Artists Mix the Songs “Blurred Lines” With “Rape Me”?
Has the time come to censor what is classed as ‘entertainment’?
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
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Nov 19, 2021
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Image by Elica Moore on UnsplashWhen I heard Amanda Palmer and Reb Fountain’s mash-up of “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke and “Rape Me” by Nirvana I was stunned into silence. It is raw, cathartic, and deeply revealing about the music we currently call…
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