Amanda Palmer “Oasis” not being played in the UK

Amanda Palmer is an exceptional performer who is known for writing very hard biting, sometimes cynical, sometimes scathing, and always interesting music.
***TRIGGER WARNING****
She’s writen a public blog about her tongue in cheek song “Oasis” being rejected for airplay in the UK due to the topics of a girl getting drunk, dated raped, having an abortion, and yet shrugging it all off because she received an autographed picture from the band Oasis. “making light of rape, religion and abortion”.

As Ms. Palmer’s blog makes clear the upbeat ‘everything is fine’ attitiude is intended to highlight the disconnect between the events and the people experiencing the events.
It doesn’t offend me. In fact my first reaction was the realization I wish there were more mainstream songs about abortion and girls’ and women’s experiences around rape and abortion. Perhaps if there were more artistic expression about these subjects through the entire spectrum of feelings we as surviors and supporters might have an easier time selecting what to accept and reject on a personal level rather than requiring an agency to do so on our behalf.
The song made me want abortion to be free of public shame and I felt pain for all the girls/women for whom date rape is par for the course, normalized through denial and folded between pages of glossy fashion magazines.
What do you think?

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