To be a dog woman is not necessarily to be downtrodden; that has very little to do with … - Paula Rego

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One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.

Paula Rego

To be a dog woman is not necessarily to be downtrodden; that has very little to do with it. In these pictures every woman's a dog woman, not downtrodden, but powerful. To be bestial is good. It's physical. Eating, snarling, all activities to do with sensation are positive. To picture a woman as a dog is utterly believable.

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