Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

As a reader of the Campus Times, I often read Amanda Stutevoss' columns and am always refreshed to read her usual introspective spin on things in such a biased newspaper. However, I was outraged at her recent column, "Can these women really rock?" [Nov. 8]. Honestly, I feel that her point in this article has a lot of truth to it. Many artists out there do not get a lot of exposure because they are not as sexually attractive as Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Love Hewitt. However, to include Christina in your article without acknowledging her undeniable talent is almost blasphemous. I really feel that she should have done all of her homework on these artists before she grouped them all together as talentless sex kittens. That may be the case for the rest of them, but Christina Aguilera is a three-time Grammy-winning artist whose current release has received as much acclaim as John Mayer's, not to mention the fact that she wrote, arranged and produced the majority of the album. The very magazine, Rolling Stone, that Stutevoss complains about her being on the cover of gave an excellent review of the album which was obviously overlooked.

Also, to say that female artists get all the attention in the music industry is totally untrue - I mean you have to be living in a cave to not have seen all the publicity Eminem receives for his music and current film. Overall, I understand Stutevoss' arguments, but beyond Christina Aguilera's sexy appearance is an amazing talent that should not be overlooked.

Robert McCulley
Sophomore