I'm watching the Neftlix doc on Amy Winehouse "Amy". I've heard criticisms of it from her fans regarding her father... But regardless.

We can all agree she had a beautiful voice and was talented. Whether you love her or hate her, she was tormented.

My interpretation of the documentary was that she was preyed on by LVM.

It's clear the men who first got her a record deal wanted to fuck her - she was only like 17 at the time!
If the anecdotes about her not wanting fame and just wanting to make music are accurate, then it's clear she was used by men in the music industry to make them money, used by the press, used by her fans.
They talk a lot about her stupid fucking boyfriend, how she couldn't live without him. I feel sympathy for her. I truly truly do. Anyone whos' been a pickmeisha can see aspects of themselves in her.

Imagine the music she would have made without that stupid man she latched onto. Imagine if she had a normal fucking father. Her voice was amazing, everyone in the music industry wanted to work with her at a time.

So imagine what the average woman can do. I feel like most of us can relate to being belitled, hounded by men, latching onto a quasi OK male. His stupid band NEVER EVER made it, yet he fucking brought this giant woman to her knees.

We're innovators, we're artists, we're sensitive, we read situations. I think we can look at multiple Pickmeishas who "brought their own demise" by the men who pretended to support them.

Be your own rescuer. If you think you have talent, and some men are feeding off of that - DROP THE MEN. You don't need them. Find women with good repuations around you to support you.

Amy Winehouse had a great gift and crashed and burned because she chose to invest in LVM.