Historically, women have had a really tough time in this world compared to their male counterparts.
They've been treated like second-class citizens, exploited, objectified, oppressed and misunderstood.
Unless of course we're talking about beautiful women. In that case the world is their oyster and they get whatever they want handed to them on a silver platter and all they have to do is cry or pout to get their way.
Then there's women like Linda Ronstadt. Not exactly beautiful. But talented, hard-working, intelligent and still good-looking enough to not scare off small children.
Linda Ronstadt came from country/folk roots and worked w/ Eagles before they were Eagles. She was smart enough to sing songs written by the best songwriters of the 70s: Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon and Neil Young.
And most importantly, when country music went from bad to worse in the 1980s, she jumped ship and swam to Pop Island. Where the cocaine flows like wine and the hits grow on palm trees. Cocaine palm trees.
Here she is sounding/looking good - a stark reminder that although women should not be allowed to vote, they should be allowed to sing if they can sing.
(sexist)
