The Prime of Miss Sheena Easton
Paolo Hewitt, NME, 28 January 1989
A star in the States and yet either a twee girlie singer or second-string Prince collaborator in her home country, SHEENA EASTON, courtesy of that poster and video, is finally making people here listen to her world, her way. But does the use of sexuality demean women or compromise the stands for women's rights she has made in her adopted homeland? PAOLO HEWITT asks the respectful questions.
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