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Rough Trade’s Carole Pope on challenging the status quo
Pope was one of the first 80s artists to push the boundaries with provocative lyrics and stage antics during a decade of music known for gender fluidity and androgyny.
Combining pop music with politics and sexual innuendoes, the band’s biggest hit, 1981’s ‘High School Confidential’ is heralded as one of the first explicitly lesbian-themed Top 40 hits in the world.
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