https://youtu.be/lzKef5zSh68

“I make my own decisions, good and bad, and to me, that’s what feminism is all about.” Singer/songwriter Charli XCX is becoming a big name in the music industry at only 23-years-old. She was featured on Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy”, and her 2014 single “Boom Clap” from the soundtrack album of The Fault in Our Stars became a top ten hit all over the world.

Now she’s using her growing stature in the music industry to make a documentary about feminism, and wow. It’s really great.

Charli XCX: The F-Word and Me – with this f-word standing for feminism – picks the brains of some major British pop stars on what feminism means in today’s music industry.

“Female musicians are still in the minority. I think it’s important to stand up and be counted, and there are plenty of other women here who feel the same way,” the singer said.

It’s not preachy. She’s well spoken. She doesn’t sound like she’s on a soap box. She just lays out the truth of being a 23 year old woman, working in the music industry, and what helped get her to where she is. And she doesn’t disparage those that came before.

“Girl power was my generation’s introduction to feminism”, Charli says, reminiscing about the Spice Girls.

I love this quote from singer LIZ, “With every thing you acheive you kinda prove people…not prove them wrong, but prove that you’re right and that you know what’s best for you.”

Charlie XCX: The F-Word and Me is available to watch on BBC iPlayer and YouTube.