i thought it was about the pressures to be corporate-pretty and made-up in a way that sells records, and the conflict that indie-girls had if they didn't necessarily fit that standard. and "ladyman" was a term for somewhat androgynous looking women. sleater-kinney was saying that despite all the media pressure to conform to a certain standard of beauty they wanted to continue being their true selves.
i thought it was about the pressures to be corporate-pretty and made-up in a way that sells records, and the conflict that indie-girls had if they didn't necessarily fit that standard. and "ladyman" was a term for somewhat androgynous looking women. sleater-kinney was saying that despite all the media pressure to conform to a certain standard of beauty they wanted to continue being their true selves.
(& they're hot anyway!!)