Indeed, she has been torn to pieces on a regular basis for such crimes against humanity as wearing white bikinis, having a tattoo, enjoying herself and worse. Her self-promotion on the X Factor as The Female Boss , a mixture of warmth and candour, has won people over, though Louis Walsh suggested she would be wearing a tracksuit. Vicky Pollard lives on in the popular imagination.
What was once a joke becomes a folk devil: the gobby, out-of-control, avaricious female chav. Tulisa has gone through a year of depression of which she is now talking openly. This is a euphemism if ever there was one, otherwise the racism lurking under all these stories would be all the more apparent.
We think we like rags-to-riches stories but this is all about trying to put a young woman who escaped an unpromising background back in her place by tainting her with drug dealing. That a concerted effort was made to destroy it is surely the true crime here. This article is more than 7 years old. Suzanne Moore. Tulisa is branded by the media as a chav and therefore almost anything can be said about her.
Surely this is the true crime here. Tulisa Contostavlos makes a statement to the media after she was found guilty last week of hitting a blogger at a festival. Reuse this content. Working-class-girl-done-good Tulisa belongs to a group which the press takes particular relish in taking down a peg. Not only is she one of the few successful and visible women from a working-class background, but she refuses to either submit to the required Pygmalion makeover or retreat into demure silence.
The sex-tape scandal that threatened to derail her success on The X Factor a few years back was a wearily familiar attempt at slut-shaming. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Already subscribed? Log in.
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