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Email: yuti_ju@icloud.com
May 2025-now
Society & Culture
What does it mean to be a “bad feminist”? Why does softness unsettle people? Why are some women allowed to be tragic, while others are called problematic?
This project uses Lana Del Rey’s music, persona, and public reception as a case study to explore how femininity, feminism, race, and power intersect in 21st-century pop culture. Through close analysis of her lyrics, music videos, interviews, and controversies, I examine how Del Rey performs longing, passivity, sexuality, and trauma in ways that both echo and resist historical ideals of womanhood.
The project was originally designed as a 7-week course and later adapted into a video lecture series. Currently, 3 videos are published on plateform Bilibili, gaining viewership of 116K and 2.2K followers. The content sparked discussions on artist autonomy and earned viewer praise for clarity, depth, and analysis on universal struggles on vulnerability.
Video Lectures
This video opens the series. Drawing on gender studies and aesthetic theory, I examine Lana Del Rey’s work and controversies to explore why certain forms of female expression are often deemed “unacceptable.”
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Beginning with Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, this video traces how neoliberalism reshapes our idea of the “successful woman.” It focuses on Fleabag’s portrayal of female struggle and self-dismantling, while analyzing the intricate emotional landscapes of Lana’s early songs.
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Lana Del Rey’s early lyrics are often dismissed as dependent or fragile. Yet seen differently, they reveal a post-feminist logic: how does the body become part of identity? Can submission itself be a form of agency?
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