Gaga RTs "Kesha is being treated like a human jukebox in a cage"

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in4b gaga turns herself into a human jukebox in a cage for her Oscars performance

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I hope Gaga will Not have any problems because of this.

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yes. i am glad she's supporting the girl that blocked bad romance from number one

 

seriously though. i love lady gaga more

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Everything is turning into such a chaos .. I'm not taking any sides but from a human's perspective , I believe they should just let Kesha go and work with whoever she want's to .. Why hold back someone against their will to work with you any-ways !!

I know it's a very sensitive issue and no law abiding body can ever judge if a person was raped or not after so many years of being professionally involved with the accused.  

God forbid, if one of the either is judged out to be forged , they'll career will end forever..

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16 hours ago, VampireHeart said:

 

Read the article.

I did read this particular article and all it talked about was her accusations, the contract she wants to break free from and the limited options label is giving her

 

it does not talk about what i asked about

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Gaga retweeted another article about Kesha

https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/702232734073229312

 

Lena Dunham on Kesha and How the Legal System Shackles Women to Their Abusers

http://time.com/4233745/kesha-dr-luke-lena-dunham/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter

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In her newsletter Lenny, Girls co-creator and women’s rights advocate Dunham argues that the verdict is about more than the recording artist: “What’s happening to Kesha highlights the way that the American legal system continues to hurt women by failing to protect them from the men they identify as their abusers.”

Gottwald’s company Kemosabe is a subsidiary of Sony and controls Kesha’s recording and publishing. Kesha claims Gottwald drugged, raped and emotionally abused her for years. She sought an injunction that would allow her to begin recording on her own. “I know I cannot work with Dr. Luke. I physically cannot. I don’t feel safe in any way,” Kesha said. But on Friday, a judge ruled Kesha could not “decimate a contract that was heavily negotiated,” leaving the singer in tears.

 

Though Sony has said Kesha will no longer have to work directly with the producer, Dunham argues Dr. Luke can continue to control the singer’s career. He could, for instance, bury her albums as a repercussion for publicly exposing him.

“Imagine someone really hurt you, physically and emotionally. Scared you and abused you, threatened your family,” Dunham writes. “The judge says that you don’t have to see them again, BUT they still own your house. So they can decide when to turn the heat on and off, whether they’ll pay the telephone bill or fix the roof when it leaks. After everything you’ve been through, do you feel safe living in that house? Do you trust them to protect you?”

As Dunham points out, about 98% of abusive relationships involve financial abuse. Often, abusive partners make their victims feel trapped by cutting off their financial resources. It’s the number one reason why women return to abusive relationships after they leave.

Speaking out against abuse is personal for Dunham, who wrote about her own sexual assault (and her difficulty coming to terms with the fact that the encounter was an assault) in her book, Not That Kind of Girl. In the letter, she writes that reading the verdict in Kesha’s case made her sick. “It all created a special brand of nausea that comes when public events intersect with your most private triggers,” she says.

Celebrities like Lady Gaga and Kelly Clarkson have come out in support of Kesha since the verdict with the hashtag #FreeKesha on social media. Taylor Swift donated $250,000 to Kesha to help her with her financial needs.

Dunham says she’s encouraged by the public outcry against Sony and Dr. Luke. “We are not scared anymore of losing what we worked for, of being branded hysterical or difficult, of being targeted and silenced by men in power,” she writes.

 

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Such a well-written article. This whole case is devastatingly sad. 

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On 23 février 2016 at 2:37 AM, SecretWeapon said:

she should RT "Do What U Want with my body" :proud:

What are you trying to say? That DWUW is a pro-rape song? But isn't a rape when someone isn't consenting to have sex? Cause in the song she clearly is consenting by saying you can "do what u want with my body".

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She just retweeted this

 

 

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16 minutes ago, VampireHeart said:

She just retweeted this

 

 

ngl I'm kinda mad she retweeteed Daily Mail, that tabloid trashes her any chance they get

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On February 23, 2016 at 7:27 PM, VampireHeart said:

One of the big questions in all this, of course, is how other artists have managed to wriggle free from their contracts with relative ease. How did, say, Zayn Malik manage to release himself from his One Direction contract because he wanted “to be able to relax,” while Kesha remains tangled up with her alleged abuser? Some have been quick to point out that, technically, Malik is still under Sony – he’s just transferred to another of their labels. But isn’t that exactly what Kesha’s trying to do? Let’s revisit the opening sentence of her injuction: “Kesha Rose Sebert wants nothing more than to be able to record an album. Her only condition is that she be allowed to record with a record label that is not affiliated with someone who has emotionally and sexually abused her.”

One Direction has already done four albums together chances are it was time to resign and he said no. All contracts are not the same. I don't know how Kesha got tied to do so many albums with Sony. Multi album deals like Kesha's haven't existed in a while. 

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On 23/02/2016 at 0:27 AM, VampireHeart said:

One of the big questions in all this, of course, is how other artists have managed to wriggle free from their contracts with relative ease. How did, say, Zayn Malik manage to release himself from his One Direction contract because he wanted “to be able to relax,” while Kesha remains tangled up with her alleged abuser? Some have been quick to point out that, technically, Malik is still under Sony – he’s just transferred to another of their labels. But isn’t that exactly what Kesha’s trying to do? Let’s revisit the opening sentence of her injuction: “Kesha Rose Sebert wants nothing more than to be able to record an album. Her only condition is that she be allowed to record with a record label that is not affiliated with someone who has emotionally and sexually abused her.”

Well, Zayn wasn't claiming abuse, that's the main difference, so he wouldn't feel any need to split from Sony forever (he was fine with being signed to them, he just wanted a solo deal). He still lost out in some ways, as did the others. They were tied into a contract specifically for boybands. The deal was that if they stayed in the group until the bitter end (i.e. when the label decided it was time to call it quits, not them), then they would all get £2 million each (yes, it's in pounds) as a "loyalty bonus." But if any of them decide to leave, it makes the deal null and void. Basically, if just one leaves, it messes it all up for the whole band. As such, all the other guys aren't getting their £2 million now, meaning that such a contract can result in feelings of resentment towards the one who left. Zayn missing out on the money, throwing the band into disarray and annoying the fans was seen as his punishment, I guess. Plus, 1D weren't tied into a contract as extensive as Kesha's. I believe 1D have now fufilled their contract with Sony with their latest album and it's now just a question of whether they'll reform and get their contract renewed. It's not often that there's a contract that's more iron clad and inhumane than those devised by Simon Cowell, but Kesha's is one of them. I wasn't even aware that contracts like that still existed. But yeah, I can't help wondering if the fact she's a woman is coming into it. Men just get an easier ride in the business, let's be real. They're allowed more artistic freedom, less likely to be forced to work with people they don't want to, aren't forced into having a sexualised image, are less likely to get dropped after a failure or two. But it seems like when it's a female, she's fair game to exploit however you want. It's no wonder more and more females are trying to pursue starting their own labels.

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15 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Well, Zayn wasn't claiming abuse, that's the main difference, so he wouldn't feel any need to split from Sony forever (he was fine with being signed to them, he just wanted a solo deal)

That does not matter. She doesn't want to split from Sony forever either, she wants to be free from Kemosabe records, owned by Dr.Luke. 

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1 minute ago, VampireHeart said:

That does not matter. She doesn't want to split from Sony forever either, she wants to be free from Kemosabe records, owned by Dr.Luke. 

I thought she was trying to get away from them as well? Because she didn't want to be affiliated with a label that still associated itself with him? That as long as she was still signed to Sony, Luke could still profit off of her, because he's still part of Sony too?