"Danzare nei boschi di Dioniso. Danzare con Shiva. Vivere nella più alta tonalità dell'anima". Miguel Serrano
Monday, July 13, 2009
I never was a cornflake girl
The inspiration for "Cornflake Girl" came from Alice Walker's novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, about a young African woman going through the ritual of female genital mutilation. Amos was angered by the idea that a mother could subject her daughter to such a brutal act, and the song arose as an exploration of the idea of betrayal between women. In the song two factions of women are referred to: the "Raisin Girls" are "multicultural" and open-minded, while the "Cornflake Girls" of the title are "narrowminded and full of prejudice"
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